Family
She was the daughter of Alice of Champagne and Hugh I of Cyprus, and the sister-in-law of Plaisance of Antioch, queen of Cyprus who married her brother. Her maternal grandparents were Isabella I of Jerusalem and her third husband Henry II, Count of Champagne. Henry was son of Count Henry I of Champagne and Marie of France, Countess of Champagne, daughter of Louis VII of France and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Isabella's paternal grandparents were Amalric II of Jerusalem and his first wife Éschive d'Ibelin. Amalric was son of Hugh VIII of Lusignan. Eschive was daughter of Baldwin of Ibelin.
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