Wikipedia's first sentence called it “jewish princess famous for her beauty and love affairs”. Today it says “princess of the herodian dynasty of judaea during the time of the roman empire”.
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Herodias was a Jewish princess famous for her beauty and love affairs, daughter of Aristobulus III of Judea . She was first the wife of Herod Philip , her uncle. Later Herod Antipas , brother of Herod Philip, fell in love with her, rejecting his own wife and commanding his brother to give Herodias to him. Since that moment she became the lover of her other uncle, Herod Antipas. As John the Baptist had allegedly preached condemning this union, she got, by means of her daughter Salomé , the order for John's beheading from Herod Antipas. There is another legendary version saying that John the Baptist refused sexual propositions from Herodias and Salome, and that contributed to his death.1
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Herodias , by Paul Delaroche .Herodias (c. 15 BC-after 39 AD) was a Jewish princess of the Herodian Dynasty .
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Herodias , by Paul Delaroche . Herodias ( , Hērōdiás ; c. 15 BCE — after 39 CE) was a princess of the Herodian Dynasty of Judaea during the time of the Roman Empire.
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Herodias ( , Hērǭdiás ; c. 15 BC – after 39 AD) was a princess of the Herodian dynasty of Judaea during the time of the Roman Empire .
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1st century AD Herodian Dynasty princess Not to be confused with Herodas . Herodias ( , Hērǭdiás ; c. 15 BC – after AD 39) was a princess of the Herodian dynasty of Judaea during the time of the Roman Empire . Christian writings connect her with John the Baptist 's execution.
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1st century AD Herodian Dynasty princess Not to be confused with Herodas . Herodias ( / h ə ˈ r oʊ d i ə s / ; Greek : Ἡρῳδιάς , Hērōidiás ; c. 15 BC – after AD 39) was a princess of the Herodian dynasty of Judaea during the time of the Roman Empire .Christian writings connect her with the execution of John the Baptist .The daughter of Aristobulus IV and his wife Berenice , Herodias was a full sister to Herod V (king of Chalkis ), Herod Agrippa (king of Judea ), Aristobulus Minor , and Mariamne III (wife of Crown Prince Antipater ).Following Antipater's execution by Herod the Great , she was possibly the first wife of Herod Archelaus , principal heir of Herod the Great and ethnarch of Judea.
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jewish princess famous for her beauty and love affairs
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princess of the herodian dynasty of judaea during the time of the roman empire
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