Herod The Great - Marriages and Children

Marriages and Children

Herod's marriages and children
Wife Children
Doris
  • Son Antipater II, executed 4 BCE
Mariamne I, daughter of Hasmonean Alexandros
  • Son Alexander, executed 7 BCE
  • Son Aristobulus IV, executed 7 BCE
  • Daughter Salampsio
  • Daughter Cypros
Mariamne II, daughter of High-Priest Simon
  • Son Herod II Boethus
Malthace
  • Son Herod Archelaus - Ethnarch
  • Son Herod Antipas - Tetrarch
  • Daughter Olympias
Cleopatra of Jerusalem
  • Son Herod Philip II - Tetrarch
  • Son Herod
Pallas
  • Son Phasael
Phaidra
  • Daughter Roxanne
Elpis
  • Daughter Salome, daughter of Herod I
A cousin (name unknown)
  • no known children
A niece (name unknown)
  • no known children

It is very probable that Herod had more children, especially with the last wives, and also that he had more daughters, as female births at that time were often not recorded.

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