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Salome Alexandra
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Queen regnant of Hasmonean Judaea from c.76 to 67 BCE
Key facts
- Reign
- c. 76 – 67 BC
- Predecessor
- Alexander Jannaeus
- Successor
- Hyrcanus II
- Tenure
- c. 104–76 BC
- Born
- c. 141 BC
- Died
- c. 67 BC
- Spouse
- Aristobulus I (c. 104 – 103 BC), Alexander Jannaeus (c. 103 – 76 BC)
- Issue
- Hyrcanus II, Aristobulus II
- House
- Hasmonean dynasty
- Father
- Shetah (disputed)
- Relatives
- Simeon ben Shetach (brother)
- Religion
- Judaism
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Salome
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Hasmonean Judea
- Spouse
- Aristobulus I
- Child
- Hyrcanus II
- Occupation
- monarch
- Religion
- Judaism
- Family
- Hasmonean dynasty
- Noble title
- queen consort
- Image
- Salome Alexandra medal.svg
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- date of birth
- 0140-00-00
- date of death
- 0067-01-01
- name in native language
- שלומציון אלכסנדרה
- Commons category
- Salome Alexandra
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Encyclopedic overview
Salome Alexandra, also Shlomtzion, Shelamzion (Ancient Greek: Σαλώμη Ἀλεξάνδρα; Hebrew: שְׁלוֹמְצִיּוֹן, Šəlōmṣīyyōn, "peace of Zion"; 141–67 BC), was a regnant queen of Hasmonean Judea, one of only three women in Jewish historical tradition to rule over the country, the other two being Deborah and Athaliah. The wife of Alexander Jannaeus, she was also the last ruler of Judea to die as the sovereign of an independent kingdom. Her nine-year reign has been described as a "golden age" of Hasmonean history. Many suspect that she had previously been married to Alexander Janneaus's older brother, Aristobolus I, but this is most likely a misidentification.
Name
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