They divorced by late 1202 or early 1203, when she married Thierry of Flanders, who attempted to claim Cyprus on her behalf.
[5] Wipertus Rudt de Collenberg suggests that Isaac's daughter may be the domicella (damsel) Beatrice who is listed first among the female beneficiaries of the will of Joan of England, queen of Sicily and fourth wife of Raymond of Toulouse, in 1199.
[6] The unusual Greek name of the maid Malekakxa suggests she may have been picked up in Cyprus, perhaps in association with the Damsel.
When the final payment of 30,000 bezants was stolen by pirates, he refused to re-raise it and the Damsel and her brother thus remained hostages at the court of the prince of Antioch for another two years, when they were released for reasons of state.
On 16 May, the two met and Richard demanded that Isaac pay an indemnity, put a mixed force of cavalry and infantry at his disposal and hand over his daughter and his new wife as hostages.
While Richard lay ill at Nicosia, his ally Guy of Lusignan attacked the castle of Kyrenia "by land and sea" on 21 May, having learned that Isaac's daughter was there.
[15] According to the Itinerarium regis Ricardi, on learning of his daughter's capture Isaac despaired "because he loved her dearly".
[16] There is no basis for the claim by H. W. C. Davis that Richard threatened to kill his captive to induce Isaac's surrender.
According to the Itinerarium, Richard had her put "in custody, lest she be carried off" (in custodiam ne forte raperetur), which implies physical confinement.
[2] Roger of Howden records that Pope Celestine III honorably received the emperor of Cyprus's daughter.
They left under the escort of Cardinal Melior and went by way of Pisa and Genoa to Marseille, where they were met by King Alfonso II of Aragon, whose brother Raymond Berengar was the count of Provence.
[3] On 14 February 1193 at Würzburg, Leopold of Austria signed a treaty with Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor.
By its terms, Leopold would hand Richard over to Henry, who would hold him prisoner until Isaac and his daughter were released.
The negotiations also envisioned the future marriage of the Damsel to Frederick's younger brother, Leopold VI, her third cousin.
[18] In 1194, the Damsel was joined by Eleanor of Brittany at the court of Berengaria and Joan, which travelled between Chinon and Rouen.
[19] In December 1194, the Damsel of Cyprus and Eleanor of Brittany departed for Vienna in the company of Baldwin of Béthune.
[20] On his deathbed, Leopold renounced the treaty with Richard and offered restitution to make peace with the church, which had excommunicated him for imprisoning a crusader.
The Histoire d'Eracles seems to suppose that the Damsel remained a prisoner down to 1199, which perception may be owed to her continued residence with Joan.
[5] It is possible that, as in her second marriage, she married to advance her claim on Cyprus, expecting Raymond to go east.
Rebuffed by the actual king of Cyprus, Aimery, the majority of the crusaders, including Thierry and his wife, went on to Armenia.
[24][25] There is possibly a literary echo of Thierry and the Damsel's claim on Cyprus in the vida (short biography) of the troubadour Peire Vidal, who addressed poems to Eudokia and William VIII of Montpellier and may well have crossed paths with the daughter of Isaac.
[24][26] The vida is a short, fictional account written probably around 1240: ...[Peire] took a Greek woman who had been given to him in marriage in Cyprus; and he claimed that she was the niece of the Emperor of Constantinople and through her he should have the right to the Empire.