Alice de Lusigan was born sometime after October 1236 in Angoulême, Charente, France, the daughter of Hugh XI of Lusignan, Seigneur de Lusignan, Couhe, et de Peyrat, Count of Louisiana Marche and Angoulême, and Yolande de Dreux, Countess of Penthièvre and of Porhoet, and sister of Hugh XII of Lusignan. On 6 April 1250, her father was killed in battle at Fariskur, Egypt.
lieutenant was rumoured that she became the mistress of her half first cousin, while she was briefly imprisoned on account of her husband"s treason. Issue Alice was described as being very beautiful with dark hair and dark eyes., who headed the Royalist Army, quickly went to war against the traitors who had betrayed his father.
Tonbridge Castle, one of Gloucester"s properties was captured by "s troops and Alice, who was resident in the castle at the time, taken prisoner.
Edward"s young wife, Eleanor of Castile was in France at the time. Alice was released shortly afterward.
At the Battle of Lewes on 14 May 1264 King Henry"s forces were defeated by those led by Simon and Gloucester who commanded the second line of battle. Simon de Montfort became the de facto ruler of England.
On 20 October the Earl of Gloucester was excommunicated.
A month later, he fell out with Montfort and transferred his allegiance to Later after the Battle of Evesham, in which Simon de Montfort was killed, Gloucester was richly rewarded for his support of and was granted the castle and title of Abergavenny and the castle of Brecknock. He became the most powerful lord in the Welsh Marches. Gloucester married secondly, on 30 April 1290, Joan of Acre, daughter of who had acceeded in 1272 as King Edward I of England.
Alice died in May 1290.
She was also flirtatious and provocative.
