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Mariamne III was a daughter of Aristobulus IV and Berenice.. She had three brothers, Herod of Chalcis, Herod Agrippa I, and Aristobulus V, and one sister, Herodias. Some time after the death of her father in 7 BCE, Mariamne III was betrothed to Antipater II, her uncle and the eldest son of Herod the Great.
Mariamne II was the third wife of Herod the Great.She was the daughter of Simon Boethus the High Priest.Josephus recounts their wedding thus: [1] There was one Simon, a citizen of Jerusalem, the son of one Boethus, a citizen of Alexandria, and a priest of great note there; this man had a daughter, who was esteemed the most beautiful woman of that time; and when the people of Jerusalem began to ...
After Mariamne's death, he married his niece Berenice, with whom he had two sons, Berenicianus and Hyrcanus. [ 2 ] Around 41 CE, at the request of his brother, Herod Agrippa, emperor Claudius granted him the rule of Chalcis, a territory north of Judaea, with the title of king. [ 4 ]
She married her cousin Aristobulus [1] in order to reduce discord within her family caused by Herod's favoritism towards his wife Mariamne I.Her marriage was an attempt to unite the two main sides of her family previously split by marriage and alleviate the tension surrounding which side would be responsible to succeeding Herod. [2]
Their daughter was the Hasmonean Mariamne and son was Aristobulus III. Alexandra opposed her son-in-law Herod , and when he became sick with grief after having Mariamne executed, Alexandra tried to seize power, but was unsuccessful and was herself executed.
Two of the 37 inmates on federal death row whose sentences were commuted to life without parole last month by President Biden are rejecting clemency.. Shannon Agofsky, 53, and Len Davis, 60, who ...
Two of the 37 people on federal death row whose sentences were commuted last month are trying to block President Joe Biden's clemency action.. Shannon Wayne Agofsky, who was sentenced to death in ...
Aristobulus III (53–36 BCE) was the last scion of the Hasmonean royal house, brother of Herod the Great's wife Mariamne, and grandson of Hyrcanus II and Aristobulus II. He was a favourite of the people on account of his noble descent and handsome presence, and thus became an object of fear to Herod, who at first sought to ignore him entirely ...