from 1229 to her death. She was the elder daughter of Raymond-Roupen
, prince of Antioch, and of Helvis of Lusignan. She derived her title of Lady of Toron and claim to the throne of Armenia from her father.
Maria's paternal grandmother Alice
became lady of Toron when emperor Frederick II
, at the end of the Sixth Crusade
, negotiated the return of lands conquered by Saladin
; Maria succeeded her as she was the closest surviving relative.
In 1240 she married Philip of Montfort, Lord of Tyre
, previously lord of Castres
, and they had the following children:
- Jean de MontfortJean de Montfort (died 1283)Jean de Montfort was lord of Toron from 1257 to 1266 and Lord of Tyre from 1270 to 1283. He was the son of Philip of Montfort , and his second wife Maria of Antioch-Armenia .When he came of...
(died 1283), lord of Toron and of Tyre - Humphrey of MontfortHumphrey of Montfort (died 1284)Humphrey of Montfort was a nobleman of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.Humphrey was the second son of Philip of Montfort, Lord of Tyre by his second wife Maria of Antioch-Armenia, Lady of Toron....
(died 1284), lord of Beirut and of Tyre - Alix, living in 1282 and in 1295
- Helvis, living in 1282 and in 1295
She was the great-granddaughter of Roupen III
, prince of Armenia (Roupen III's daughter was Alice), who had been succeeded by his brother Leo I.
I go through life thinking it's all going to end tomorrow.
I don't believe in self-promotion, really I can't be arsed.
I always wanted to be an actor. I had the arrogance to believe I couldn't be anything else.
As far as I'm concerned, I want to be nowhere else. It's difficult in film because everybody wants to make a safe bet with roles. But if you are going to do stuff then you should be getting strong reactions. I don't want audiences to be going, "Yeah, that's all right."
It's something else. I'm speechless. I've just got to step up to the plate and deal with it. I had a confidence about it but then that's because of the people around me who made me feel good about it. I knew positively on Monday. I was in Baltimore when I took the call. My first reaction was I needed a drink.
I hate handguns. Handguns are used to shoot people and as long as they are around, people will shoot each other. That's a simple fact. I've seen a bullet wound and it was a mess. It was on a shoot and it scared me. Bullets have a nasty habit of finding their target and that's what's scary about them.
If I went onto the Internet and started looking at what some people were saying about me - which, sadly, I have done - it would drive me insane.