Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus - His Daughter

His Daughter

Isaac's daughter, whose name seems to be unrecorded (she is usually called the "Damsel of Cyprus" in the sources), joined Richard I's court when her father was deposed. She traveled to the Kingdom of England by sea with other ladies of this court, including Richard's sister Joan Plantagenet, former Queen Consort of Sicily, and his wife, Berengaria of Navarre. In 1194, as part of Richard I's ransom agreement, the Cypriot Princess was released into the care of Leopold V, Duke of Austria, a distant relative.

Later she lived in Provence, where in 1199 she encountered Count Raymond VI of Toulouse and, once again, Joan Plantagenet, who was now Raymond's wife and pregnant with his second child. The couple split up suddenly and Raymond began a relationship (a marriage, some say) with Isaac's daughter. This was over by about 1202, when she married Thierry, an illegitimate son of Baldwin, Count of Flanders. These two sailed from Marseille in 1204, with a convoy of warriors who intended to join the Fourth Crusade and did not turn aside to Constantinople. On reaching Cyprus, the couple attempted to claim the island as inheritors of Isaac. The attempt failed, and they fled to Armenia.