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200:. Alice and Raymond were married around 1195. The couple were only married for roughly three years before Raymond died; Alice being pregnant at the time. According to Sempad, it was agreed that any son born of the marriage would succeed her uncle in Armenia. Months after Raymond's death, Alice gave birth to a son, 207:
After the birth of her son, Alice was sent back to her homeland of Armenia from Antioch by her father-in-law. However, Bohemond agreed to make Raymond Roupen his heir. In 1201, Bohemond died and went back on his word, making his younger son
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together with the territories called the Seigneury de Joscelin, it came to a dispute between them and Alice. She successfully claimed her rights before the High Court and Frederick II assigned the lordship to her.
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Prince of Antioch instead. In 1216, Bohemond was overthrown with the help of Leo, and Raymond Roupen was made Prince of Antioch. However, this only lasted until 1219 when Bohemond conquered and re-gained control.
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as their widows. Sempad also recorded contemporary rumours that their uncle Leo was behind both assassinations. Since Alice was only eleven-years-old and Philippa ten, the marriages were likely not consummated.
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put her claim forward along with that of her young son, but they later died. In 1219, Alice claimed the throne on behalf of her son; to strengthen the claim, in 1220 she married Vahram, Lord of Korikos.
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In 1222, Constantine had Vahram murdered, Raymond-Roupen either died in battle or died in prison and Alice was imprisoned and later exiled. Raymond-Roupen left Alice with a granddaughter,
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at the time. Around 1189, both Alice and Philippa were betrothed. Alice was betrothed to Hathum, Lord of Sasun and Philippa to a son of the Lord of Sasun.
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Alice died sometime after 1234. She managed to outlive all three of her husbands, her sister, son and uncle. Toron passed to her granddaughter Maria.
157:. Leo was initially the 'Regent and Tutor' of his young nieces but he eventually set them aside and was succeeded by his own descendants. 153:. At the time of her father's death, Alice was four or five years of age. He abdicated and died in 1187, and was succeeded by his brother 167:
Both sisters married roughly around the same time in 1189. In May, 1193, their spouses were both murdered. The sisters are mentioned by
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Isabella died sometime between 1192 and 1229, and upon her death, Alice became heiress of Toron; Toron was occupied by
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Alice was the elder of two children born to Prince Ruben and his wife Isabella; Alice's younger sister was
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for the marriage, which he gave them after Alice's uncle released Raymond's father
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in 1229, just two years after al-Mu'azzam's death on November 11, 1227, by
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On 2 May 1219, King Leo died and left Armenia to his younger daughter,
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After her release, Alice turned to her inheritance rights in
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and Alice's family in Armenia. They needed permission from
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Sempad the Constable, Le Royaume Armenien de Cilicie.
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Index

Lady of Toron
Raymond IV, Count of Tripoli
Issue
Raymond-Roupen, Prince of Antioch
House
House of Roupen
Ruben III, Prince of Armenia
Isabella of Toron
Ruben III, Prince of Armenia
Isabella of Toron
Toron
Armenia
Philippa of Armenia
Leo
Muslims
Sempad the Constable
Raymond IV, Count of Tripoli
Antioch
Henry II, Count of Champagne
Isabella I of Jerusalem
Bohemond III, Prince of Antioch
Raymond-Roupen
Bohemond
Isabelle
Constantine of Baberon
Sybilla of Lusignan
Stephanie
Maria of Antioch-Armenia
Palestine
Oultrejordain

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