Category:Alexandra the Hasmonean (subject)
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Alexandra the Hasmonean was a member of the House of Hasmoneus.
Overview
Alexandra was the daughter of John Hyrcanus II. She married her cousin, Alexander of Judea, the elder son of her uncle (and now also father-in law), Aristobulus II. The couple had a daughter, Mariamne and a son Aristobulus III.
In 49 BCE Alexandra's husband Alexander was executed by the Roman governor of Syria Scipio, but this only enhanced her political role as one of a surviving senior leaders of the House of Hasmoneus.
In her daughter Mariamne became the wife of Herod the Great,
who in 35 CE was appointed (and then killed) by Herod the Great
Alexandra the Hasmonean in ancient sources
- Alexandra the Hasmonean (sources) -- survey of ancient sources
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