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Berenice was the daughter ofCostobarus andSalome I, the sister ofHerod the Great.
She married her cousinAristobulus[1] in order to reduce discord within her family caused by Herod's favoritism towards his wifeMariamne I. Her marriage was an attempt to unite the two main sides of her family previously split by marriage and alleviate the tension surrounding which side would be responsible to succeeding Herod.[2] This did not solve the problems present among the heirs, and eventually Aristobulus was executed by his father in 6 BCE, and Berenice was accused of complicity in his death.
By Aristobulus, Berenice was the mother ofHerod Agrippa I,Herod of Chalcis,Herodias,Mariamne III andAristobulus Minor.
Berenice maintained her elite status in Judea through her family's close ties with the Roman imperial family.[3] This tie allowed for her son Agrippa to be raised in Rome with the family of Antonia Minor, some of Rome's future leaders.
She eventually remarried to a man named, Theudion (brother of Herod I's first wife Doris, and thus uncle ofAntipater), in order to strengthen her family's political ties.[4] There is little known about Berenice once Herod the Great dies, but it can be assumed that her arranged marriage did not survive the death of her uncle.
| Costobarus | Salome I | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aristobulus d. 7 BC | Berenice (daughter of Salome) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mariamne III | Herod V | Herodias | Herod Agrippa I | Aristobulus Minor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Herod Agrippa II | Berenice | Mariamne | Drusilla | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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