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Herod the Great
king of Judea from 37/6 BCE to 4/1 BCE
Herod Antipas
1st century AD tetrarch of Galilee and Perea
Salome
Salome (; , related to , "peace"; ), also known as Salome III, was a Jewish princess, the daughter of Herod II and princess Herodias. She was granddaughter of Herod the Great and stepdaughter of Herod Antipas. She is known from the New Testament, where she is not named, and from an account by Josephus. In the New Testament, the stepdaughter of Herod Antipas demands and receives the head of John the Baptist. According to Josephus, she was first married to her uncle Philip the Tetrarch, after the death of which in AD 34, she married her cousin Aristobulus of Chalcis, thus becoming queen of
Agrippa I
King of Judaea (11 BC-44 AD) (r. 41-44 AD)
Herod Archelaus
Ethnarch of Samaria/Judea/Idumea from 4 BC to 6 AD
Herodias
Herodias (; ; c. 15 BC – after AD 39) was a princess of the Herodian dynasty of Judaea during the time of the Roman Empire. Christian writings connect her with the execution of John the Baptist.
Agrippa II
king of Chalcis (Syria) from Herodian dynasty (28-100)
Avidius Cassius
Roman general and usurper (c. 130–175)
Antipater the Idumaean
1st century BCE King of Judea
Berenice
1st century CE member of the Herodian Dynasty that ruled the Roman province of Judaea
Philip the Tetrarch
son of Herod the Great and ruler of the northeast part of his father's kingdom (r. 4 BCE-34 CE)
Mariamne I
second wife of Herod the Great
Herodian dynasty
royal dynasty of Idumaean (Edomite) descent
Aristobulus IV
Herodian prince of Judea
Herod II
son of Herod the Great of Judea and Mariamne II (c. 27 BC - 33/34 AD)
Tigranes VI of Armenia
1st century AD Herodian Prince who was a Roman Client King of Armenia
Salome I
politician
ethnarch
Ethnarch (pronounced , also ethnarches, ) is a term that refers generally to political leadership over a common ethnic group or homogeneous kingdom. The word is derived from the Greek words (ethnos, "tribe/nation") and (archon, "leader/ruler"). ''Strong's Concordance'' gives the definition of 'ethnarch' as "the governor (not king) of a district".
Herod of Chalcis
Roman client king of Chalcis in Iturea (ruled 41–48 AD)
Glaphyra
thumb|Glaphyra from Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum|Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum Glaphyra (; ) was an Anatolian princess from Cappadocia, and a Queen of Mauretania by her second marriage to King Juba II of Mauretania. She was related to the Herodian dynasty by her first and third marriage, to Alexander, son of Herod and Herod Archelaus, respectively.
Drusilla
daughter of Herod Agrippa
Polemon II of Pontus
king of Pontus
Herodian Kingdom of Judea
client state of the Roman Republic from 37 BCE, when Herod the Great was appointed "King of the Jews" by the Roman Senate
Mariamne II
wife of Herod the Great
Aristobulus of Chalcis
1st century AD King of Chalcis and Lesser Armenia
Berenice
daughter of Salome I and Aristobulus IV
Tigranes V of Armenia
Roman Client King of Armenia (16 BC-36 AD) (r. 6 AD-12 AD)
Alexander
son of Herod, heir of Judea
Antipater
son of Herod and Doris, heir of Judea
Phasael
Phasael (died 40 BCE; ,; ; from ), was a prince from the Herodian Dynasty of Judea.
Aristobulus Minor
1st century prince from the Herodian Dynasty
Malthace
Malthace () was a Samaritan woman who lived in the latter half of the 1st century BC. She was one of the wives of Herod the Great and the mother by Herod of Herod Antipas, Archelaus, and a daughter, Olympias. She died in 4 BC at Rome, while her sons Archelaus and Antipas were disputing the will of their father before the emperor Augustus.
Herodian tetrarchy
four-way division of Herod the Great's Levantine kingdom upon his death
Cleopatra of Jerusalem
fifth wife of Herod the Great
Pheroras
thumb | right | This is a part of a scan of an historical document: Schedelsche Weltchronik or Nuremberg Chronicle Pheroras (; c. 68 BC–c. 5 BC), probably born in Marissa (Idumea), was the youngest son of Antipater I and his wife Cypros and younger brother of Herod the Great.
Mariamne
daughter of Judean King Herod Agrippa I
Costobarus
Costobarus (Greek: Κοστόβαρος) was an associate of Herod the Great (who made Costobarus governor of Idumea) and second husband of Herod's sister Salome I. He was also known as Costobar.
Gaius Julius Alexander Berenicianus
Cilician Prince and son to King Gaius Julius Alexander
Mariamne III
Herodian princess
Olympias
daughter of Herod the Great
Alexander
1st century AD Prince of Judea
Herod's Palace at Jerusalem
ancient building destroyed in war
Iotapa of Commagene
Queen of Commagene, daughter of king Mithridates III
Julia Iotapa
Roman noblewoman, daughter of Antiochus III of Commagene
Gaius Julius Alexander
king of Cilicia and Roman consul
Cypros
wife of Herod Agrippa
Phasaelis
first wife of Herod Antipas
Berenice
member of the Herodian dynasty during the 1st century AD
Salome
daughter of Herod the Great
Gaius Julius Agrippa
Cilician Prince and son of King Gaius Julius Alexander
Iotapa
1st century daughter of Sampsiceramus II of Emesa