Alice de la Roche (died 1282 ) was a Latin noblewoman who ruled the Lordship of Beirut in the Kingdom of Jerusalem as regent and was a claimant to the Duchy of Athens. She was a daughter of Duke Guy I de la Roche. Alice was regent of Beirut for her daughter, Lady Isabella, while Isabella was the queen consort of Cyprus.

Family

Alice was born on an unknown date. She was one of six children of Guy I de la Roche, Lord of Athens (1205–1263), and his wife, an unnamed woman of the noble House of Villehardouin. Her paternal grandfather was Otho I de la Roche, Lord of Athens. According to a partially fictional tradition, her father Guy was created Duke of Athens in 1260 by King Louis IX of France.

Marriage and issue

In 1249/1250, Alice married John II of Beirut. John and Alice had two daughters: During her daughter Isabella's absence in Cyprus, from 1274 to 1277, Alice was regent of Beirut.

Legacy

Alice died in 1282. In 1308, her nephew Guy II of Athens died childless. Alice's daughter Eschive claimed the dukedom, but lost to Walter V of Brienne, the son of Alice's younger sister Isabella.