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Alexander, son of Herod was born about 35 BC; died about 7 BC. His mother was the Hasmonean princess Mariamne. The unfortunate fate which persistently pursued the Hasmonean house overtook this prince also. As heir presumptive to the throne by right of descent on his mother's side, he was sent to Rome for his education in the year 23 BC.
Alexander was the second born son of Alexander and Glaphyra. His oldest brother was called Tigranes [2] and had a younger unnamed sister. [3] His father Alexander was a Judean prince , of Jewish , Nabataean and Edomite descent and was a son of the King of Judea, Herod the Great and his wife Mariamne .
Herod's attempt to humiliate Alexander by restoring to honor Antipater, an older son by another wife, resulted disastrously. Antipater's insidious plotting and the open enmity to Herod shown by Alexander widened the breach between father and son to such an extent that in the year 12 B.C. Herod felt himself constrained to bring charges against ...
Nov 2, 2023 · King Herod Agrippa I (r. 37–44 C.E.) executed James the son of Zebedee and imprisoned Peter before his miraculous escape. Berenice, twice widowed, left her third husband to be with brother Agrippa II (rumored lover) and was with him at Festus’s trial of Paul. King Herod Agrippa II (r. 50–c. 93 C.E.) was appointed by Festus to hear Paul ...
May 29, 2018 · ALEXANDER. ALEXANDER (c. 36–7 b.c.e.), son of *Herod and *Mariamne. As Herod's heir presumptive, Alexander was educated in Rome with his younger brother Aristobulus from c. 23–17 b.c.e. On his return to Judea he married Glaphyra, the daughter of Archelaus, king of Cappadocia.
A s elder son of Herod by his favorite wife, the Hasmonean princess Mariamne , Alexander was groomed to be his father's successor. But his unrelenting resentment of Herod for ordering his mother's death (29 BCE) led eventually to his own execution. He was about 12 when Herod sent him & his younger brother Aristobulus to Rome for training in the ...
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Herod's attempt to humiliate Alexander by restoring to honor Antipater, an older son by another wife, resulted disastrously. Antipater's insidious plotting and the open enmity to Herod shown by Alexander widened the breach between father and son to such an extent that in the year 12 B.C. Herod felt himself constrained to bring charges against ...
