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Salome Alexandra
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| Salome Alexandra | |
|---|---|
 Salome Alexandra, from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum | |
| Queen of Judaea | |
| Reign | c. 76 – 67 BC |
| Predecessor | Alexander Jannaeus |
| Successor | Hyrcanus II |
| Queen consort of Judaea | |
| Tenure | c. 104–76 BC |
| Spouse | Aristobulus I (c. 104 – 103 BC) Alexander Jannaeus (c. 103 – 76 BC) |
| Issue | Hyrcanus II |
| Father | Shetah (disputed) |
| Religion | Judaism |
Salome Alexandra, or Shlomtzion (Ancient Greek: Σαλώμη Ἀλεξάνδρα; Hebrew: שְׁלוֹמְצִיּוֹן, Šəlōmṣīyyōn, "peace of Zion"; 141–67 BC),[1] was a regnant queen of Judaea, one of only three women in Jewish historical tradition to rule over the country, the other two being Deborah and Athaliah. The wife of Aristobulus I, and afterward of Alexander Jannaeus,[2] she was also the last ruler of Judaea to die as the sovereign of an independent kingdom. Her nine-year reign has been described as a "golden age" of Hasmonean history.[3]
- ^ Atkinson, Kenneth (2012). Queen Salome: Jerusalem's Warrior Monarch of the First Century B.C. US: McFarland. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-7864-7002-0.
- ^ That Alexandra, the widow of Aristobulus I, was identical with the one who married his brother Alexander Jannaeus is nowhere explicitly stated by Josephus, who, it is generally inferred, took it for granted that the latter performed the levirate marriage prescribed by the law for the widow of a childless brother deceased.
- ^ Kenneth (2016), 138
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