Berenice (daughter of Salome)
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Berenice was the daughter of Costobarus and Salome I, the sister of Herod the Great.
First marriage
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] This did not solve the problems present among the heirs, and eventually Aristobulus was executed by his father in 6 BCE, and Berenice was accused of complicity in his death.
Children
By Aristobulus, Berenice was the mother of
.Ties to the Roman imperial family
Berenice maintained her elite status in Judea through her family's close ties with the Roman imperial family. [3] This tie allowed for her son Agrippa to be raised in Rome with the family of Antonia Minor, some of Rome's future leaders.
Second marriage
She eventually remarried to a man named, Theudion (brother of Herod I's first wife Doris, and thus uncle of
Family tree
Costobarus | Salome I | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aristobulus d. 7 BC | Berenice (daughter of Salome) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mariamne III | Herod V | Herodias | Herod Agrippa I | Aristobulus Minor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Herod Agrippa II | Berenice | Mariamne | Drusilla | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ Josephus, Antiq. Jud., 16, 2
- ^ Greenwalt, William. "Salome (c. 65 BCE–10 CE)." Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia, edited by Anne Commire, vol. 13, Yorkin Publications, 2002, pp. 704–08.
- ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4.
- ^ Greenwalt, William. "Berenice (c. 35 BCE–?)." Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia, edited by Anne Commire, vol. 2, Yorkin Publications, 2002, pp. 444–48