Family
Her father was Marcus Plautius Silvanus, a general who was consul for the year 2 BC. He had been honored with a triumph.
Urgulanilla was named for her grandmother, Urgulania, a close friend of the Empress Livia Drusilla.
She gave birth to a son, Claudius Drusus, whose betrothal to a daughter of Sejanus instilled unfulfilled expectations in the prefect Claudius. Claudius Drusus died young.
Urgulanilla had a daughter, Claudia, who was born five months after her divorce from Claudius. As Claudia was widely known to be the illegitimate daughter of the freedman, Boter, Claudius repudiated the child and he had her laid at Urgulanilla's doorstep. Her adopted nephew was Tiberius Plautius Silvanus Aelianus.
Urgulanilla was Etruscan. A brother of Urgulanilla was made a patrician by Claudius. The adopted son of another of her brothers became consul in 45.
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