Family
Alice was the second daughter of Henry II, Count of Champagne and Queen Isabella I of Jerusalem.
In 1197, her father died after falling from a window in Acre. The county of Champagne passed to his brother Theobald III. Following Henry's death, Isabella married her fourth husband, King Amalric II of Jerusalem. The marriage produced three half-siblings for Alice, Maria, Marie and Philippa: Sybilla, Melisende, and Amalric. In 1205, her mother, stepfather, and infant half-brother all died, leaving Alice an orphan at the age of nine. Her eldest half-sister, Maria of Montferrat succeeded as Queen of Jerusalem.
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