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The Herodians (or "sons of Herod") were a dynasty of governors and kings (the House of Herod) who ruled in the land of Israel as allies of the Romans.

History

List of Herodians, and years in office

• Antipater
  • Married the Nabatean Cyprus I
  • Fathered Phasael, Herod the Great, and Salome I
  • Was governor of Judea (55-43 BCE)

• Phasael
  • Was the son of Antipater, and the brother of Herod the Great, and Salome I
  • Was governor of Jerusalem (47-40 BCE)

• Herod the Great
  • Was the son of Antipater, and the brother of Phasael, and Salome I
  • Was governor of Galilee (47-40 BCE), and then King of the Jews (37-4 BCE)

• Salome I
  • Was the daughter of Antipater, and the sister of Phasael and Herod the Great
  • Married Costobar, and mothered Berenice I

Children of Herod

• Antipater II
  • Was the son of Herod the Great and Doris of Jerusalem

• Alexandros
  • Was one the sons of Herod the Great and Mariamne

• Aristobulus IV
  • Was one of the sons of Herod the Great and Mariamne
  • Married his cousin Berenice I, and fathered: Herod of Chalcis, Herod Agrippa, and Herodias

• Herod II
  • Was the son of Herod the Great and Mariamne II
  • Married his niece Herodias, and fathered Salome
  • Was Tetrarch of Batanaea (4 BCE - 34 CE)

• Herod Archelaus
  • Was one of the sons of Herod the Great and Malthace
  • Was Ethnarch of Judea, Samaria, and Idumea (4 BCE - 6 CE)

• Herod Antipas
  • Was one of the sons of Herod the Great and Malthace
  • Married his niece Herodias
  • Was Tetrarch of Galilee and Perea (4 BCE - 39 CE)
  • Executed John the Baptist in 29 CE

• Herod Philip
  • Was the son of Herod the Great and Cleopatra of Jerusalem
  • Married his niece Salome
  • Was Tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis (4 BCE - 34 CE)

• Berenice I
  • Was the daughter of Salome I and Costobar, and the niece of Herod the Great.
  • Married her cousin Aristobulus IV, and mothered Herod of Chalcis, Herod Agrippa and Herodias.

Grandchildren of Herod

• Herod of Chalcis
  • Was the son of Aristobulus IV, and Berenice I

• Herod Agrippa
  • Was the son of Aristobulus IV, and Berenice I
  • Was Tetrarch of Batanaea (37–41); Tetrarch of Galilee (40–41); and King of the Jews (41-44 CE)

• Herodias
  • Was the daughter of Aristobulus IV, and Berenice I
  • Married her uncle Herod II and mothered Salome
  • Married her uncle Herod Antipas

• Salome
  • Was the daughter of Herod II and Herodias
  • Married her uncle Herod Philip

Great-grandchildren of Herod

• Berenice (Berenice II)
  • Was the daughter of Herod Agrippa, and Cyprus II
  • Was the sister of Herod Agrippa II, and Drusilla
  • Married his uncle Herd of Chalcis
  • Married Polemon of Cilicia
  • Lived with his brother Herod Agrippa II
  • Was the lover of Emperor Titus

• Herod Agrippa II
  • Was son of Herod Agrippa and Cyprus II, and the brother of Berenice, and Drusilla

• Drusilla
  • Was the daughter of Herod Agrippa and Cyprus II, and the sister of Herod Agrippa II and Berenice
  • Married Azizus of Emesa
  • Married the Roman governor Felix and mothered Herod Agrippa III

The Herodians in ancient sources

The Herodians in Scholarship

The Herodians in Fiction

Related categories

• Hasmoneans (subject)

External links

• Wikipedia

Select Bibliography (articles)

• Herodian Dynasty / Adam Marshak / In: The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (2010 Collins / Harlow), edited volume, 735-739