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Herod Agrippa I and Cypros, in the 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle. Cypros (1st-century) was a queen consort of Judea. She was married to king Herod Agrippa. Life. She was born to Phasael II and Salampsio and was the granddaughter of Phasael I, brother of Herod the Great. She married Herod Agrippa after he returned from having spent his childhood in Rome.
The Herodian dynasty produced a large number of seemingly impressive women, whose stories are recorded in Josephus’ writings. This article summarizes the lives of Herod’s mother, Cyprus; the wife of Herod’s youngest brother Pheroras; his wives Doris and Mariamme (II); Herod’s daughters-in-law Graphyra and Berenice (I); his ...
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Apr 17, 2024 · Berenice was a lover of the Roman emperor Titus and a participant in the events leading up to the fall of Jerusalem. The eldest daughter of the Judaean tetrarch Herod Agrippa I by his wife Cypros, Berenice was married at age 13, but her husband died without consummating the marriage. She then.
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At the court of Herod, Cypros, supported by her daughter Salome, was in constant conflict with Herod's wife, *Mariamne the Hasmonean, and her mother Alexandra, who mocked at her descent. Cypros and Salome hence succeeded in inciting Herod against his wife.
Agrippa and his wife Cypros lived in a fortress in Malatha of Idumea, where they led a modest existence, far from the splendor of the imperial court. [12] Cypros got along well with Herodias , the wife of Herod Antipas , [12] who encouraged Antipas to continue to help Agrippa.
Wife of King Agrippa I., daughter of Phasaelus and Salampsio, and granddaughter of Herod I. She had three daughters, Berenice, Mariamne, and Drusilla; and two sons, Agrippa and Drusus, the latter dying in childhood (Josephus, "Ant." xviii. 5, § 4; idem, "B. J." ii. 11, § 6).
daughter of Herod Agrippa I, a shrewd man and a close friend of the Roman emperor Claudius. she married well three times – she seemed to have inherited her father’s shrewd intellect. she had an incestuous relationship with her brother Agrippa II – public and very scandalous.
