Alice of Armenia
| Alice | |
|---|---|
| Lady of Toron | |
| Born | 1182 |
| Died | after 1234 |
| Spouse | Hathum, Lord of Sasun Raymond IV, Count of Tripoli Vahram, Lord of Korikos |
| Issue | Raymond-Roupen, Prince of Antioch |
| House | House of Roupen |
| Father | Ruben III, Prince of Armenia |
| Mother | Isabella of Toron |
Alice of Armenia (1182 – after 1234) was ruling Lady of Toron in 1229-1236 as the eldest daughter of Ruben III, Prince of Armenia and his wife Isabella of Toron. She was heiress of Toron as well as a claimant to the throne of Armenia. She married three times; by her second marriage she was Countess of Tripoli, and she only had children from this marriage.
Alice was the elder of two children born to Prince Ruben and his wife Isabella; Alice's younger sister was Philippa of Armenia. 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 Leo. Leo was initially the 'Regent and Tutor' of his young nieces but he eventually set them aside and was succeeded by his own descendants.
Isabella died sometime between 1192 and 1229, and upon her death, Alice became heiress of Toron; Toron was occupied by Muslims 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.
Both sisters married roughly around the same time in 1189. In May, 1193, their spouses were both murdered. The sisters are mentioned by Sempad the Constable 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.
Alice was secondly betrothed to Raymond IV, Count of Tripoli, in order to bring peace between Raymond's family in Antioch and Alice's family in Armenia. They needed permission from Henry II, Count of Champagne, husband of Isabella I of Jerusalem for the marriage, which he gave them after Alice's uncle released Raymond's father Bohemond III, Prince of Antioch. 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, Raymond-Roupen.
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