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Mariamne (third wife of Herod)

Mariamne II was the third wife of Herod the Great. She was the daughter of Simon Boethus the High Priest. Josephus recounts their wedding thus: [1]

For other holders of this name, see Mariamne (name).

She had one child by Herod, called Herod II or Herod Boethus, who married his niece, Herodias, and by her had a daughter, Salome.


Mariamne II was implicated in the plot of Antipater against her husband (Herod) in 4 BCE. As a result, Herod divorced her and removed her father (Simon Boethus) as high priest.[2] Additionally, her son Herod II was removed from the line of succession in Herod's last will.

– for the derivation of her name

Mariamne

Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, Book XV, Chapter 6

Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, Book XV, Chapter 7

Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews,

Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, Book I, Chapter 30

Chapter 5

Josephus, Book XVIII