The Herodians
The Herodians were a non-Jewish family of Idumaean [Edomite] origin. The Idumaeans were a tribe of the Edomites of Jordan who had settled in the southern region of Palestine called the Negev. They were subjugated by the Maccabees and had converted to Judaism. The Jews however were prejudice against them, and, just as they called the Samaritians, also called the Idumaeans "half Jews". The Herodians rose to power in Roman service. The founder of the family’s fortune was Antipater (d76/67BC), an Idumaean sheik, the father of three sons, Antipater, Phallion [whose daughter, Berenice [I], was King Herod’s 10th wife], and Joseph [I]. The junior Antipater was appointed Governor of Judea by the Roman dictator Julius Caesar (47BC). He was the father of three sons, Phasel, Joseph [II], and Herod. Phasel succeeded his father in office as Governor of Judea (43BC). Joseph [II] was appointed "Patriarch" of Jerusalem. And, the other brother, Herod, his brother’s army-commander, with a Roman army, overthrew the Maccabees, and established his family, called the Herodians after him, on the Israeli throne. Herod was confirmed on the throne by Mark Anthony, and was crowned by Augustus Caesar in a ceremony in Rome.
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(01) Antipater [I] The Edomite, Governor of Idumaea, d76/67BC
the issue of Antipater were
(2A)
Antipater [II], Governor of Judea, 47-43BC, whom Julius Caesar had appointed Governor of Judea, Samaria, and Galilee (47BC) was murdered in 43BC, and the eldest of his three sons, Phasel, succeeded him as governor(2B) Phallion, kld 40BC, whose daughter, Berenice [I], was King Herod’s 10th wife
(2C) Joseph [I], exec 35/34BC
(2D) Salome "The Proselyte", wife of Matthat (Mattathiah) "Nasi", a Davidic prince
issue of
Antipater [II] (above), by his wife, Cypros [I] of Arabia, was(3A) Salome [I] (d10BC), had issue of three husbands
(3B) Phasel [I], Governor of Judea 43-40BC, was defeated in battle and captured by the Maccabee Antigonus and committed suicide
(3C) HEROD [I] "THE GREAT", King of Judea 37-4BC
(3D) Pheras I (Pheroras) (d5BC), married thrice
(3E) Joseph [II]/IV as "Nasi", 41-38 kld, husband of Salome, sister of Joseph III "Nasi" [dep 41, exec 35BC], of the royal Davidide line
issue of (3A) Salome [I] & 1st husband, Joseph III "Nasi", Patriarch of Jerusalem [removed from office in 41BC, imprisoned, & executed 35/34BC], was
(4A) Simon, killed 4BC
issue of (3A) Salome [I] & 2nd husband, Costobar[us], Governor of Idumaea (exec 28BC), was
(4B) Alexander [III]
(4C) Herod [III]
(4D) Antipater [VII], who, by his wife, Cypros [VII], was the father of (a) Saulus, (b) Costobar [II], and (c) Cypros [IX], wife of Antipater [VI]
(4E) Salome [VI], 9th wife of Herod, uncle
(4F) Berenice [II], wife of Aristobulus [IV]/[I], son of King Herod
(4G) Agrippina [I], wife of Pheras [III]
issue of (3A) Salome [I] & 3rd husband, Alexius Selcias, Sr, was
(4H) Alexius Selcias, Jr, who, by his wife, Cypros [IV] (cousin), daughter of Antipater [IV], was the father of a daughter, Cypros [V], wife of Antipas (exec 68), &, mother of Cypros [VI] (dau)
the issue of (3B) Phasel [I], by an unrecorded wife, was
(4X) Phasel [III]
the issue of (4X) Phasael [III], by his wife, Salampsio (cousin), were
(5A) Antipater [V], who, by his wife, Mariamme [III] [her 2nd=], was the father of Cypros [X] (dau)
(5B) Herod [V]
(5C) Alexander [V]
(5D) Salome [III]
(5E) Alexandria [II], wife of [Men]Timius, King of Cyprus
(5F) Cypros [III], wife of Herod Agrippa I
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01. HEROD "THE GREAT" is so-called in history for the great public building projects he undertook. He restored Jerusalem to much of its former grandeur. His most ambitious project was the remodeling of the temple to make it the world’s most magnificent building.
After overthrowing the Maccabees, King Herod executed all the male members of the Maccabee Family, and its female members were either forced into marrying into his family or were placed in the temple order of vestal-virgins. The ex-king Hyrcanus II [age 80] was executed in 30BC. His daughter, Queen Alexandra II, was executed in 28BC. Her son Aristobulus, who briefly held the office of High-Priest, had been executed earlier in 36BC. Her son Alexander “Heli” ["The Sun"], or Heli, whose father had been a Davidic prince, was executed in 17/13BC. If he may be identified with the "Heli" of Luke (3:23), then, he was survived by an only child, a daughter, "The Virgin" Mary, who was put into a religious order of temple-virgins. Herod, himself, married the Maccabee heiress, Mariamne, as his 2nd wife; and, the Maccabee princess Antigone was given in marriage to his [Herod’s] eldest son, Antipater, begotten of his 1st wife.
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King Herod "The Great" =1(47BC) Doris "of Jerusalem"; divorced her (42BC); =2 (37BC) Mariamme [I], the Maccabee heiress, divorced (30BC) and executed her (29BC); =3 (27BC) Malthace, a Samaritan woman; =4(23BC) Mariamme [II], daughter of Simon IV, High-Priest, by his first wife; =5(19BC) Cleopatra "of Jerusalem", identity unsure; =6(12BC) Pallas; =7 Phaedra; =8 Elphis; =9 Salome [VI]; =10 Berenice [I]; =11 Cypros [XI]; and, at least one more.
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the eleven wives of (3C) King HEROD "THE GREAT" were
=1 (47) Doris [Sarah] "of Jerusalem"; the Davidide heiress, divorced 42BC
=2 (37) Mariamme [I]; the Maccabee heiress; divorced 30BC, & executed 29BC
=3 (27) Malthace, the Samaritan woman
=4 (23) Mariamme [II], daughter of Simon IV, High-Priest, by his first wife
=5(19) Cleopatra "of Jerusalem" [her 3rd =]
=6 (16) Pallas
=7 (15) Phaedra
=8(14) Elphis
=9 (13) Salome [VI]
=10 (12) Berenice [I]
=11(11) Cypros [XI]
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issue of (3C) King Herod by 1st wife, Doris, was
(4A) Antipater [III], exec 4BC by father’s order
issue of (4A) Antipater [III], by his wife, Antigone, a Maccabee princess, was
(5) Antigonus, mur 4BC
issue of King Herod by 2nd wife, Mariamme (I), the Maccabee princess, was
(4B) Alexander [IV]/[I], exec 7/6BC, had issue
(4C)
Aristobulus [IV]/[I], exec 7/6BC, had issue(4D) Salampsio, wife of Phasel III, her uncle
(4E) Cypros [II], wife of Antipater [IV]
(4F) Mariamme [III]; =1 Herod-Archelaus [his 1st]; =2 Antipater [V]
issue of King Herod by 3rd wife, Malthace, were
(4G) Herod-Archelaus, 2A-King 4BC-AD6, deposed, died AD 16 in exile,
=1 Mariamme [III] [half-sister]; =2 Glaphyra, half-brother’s widow; &, had issue by 1st wife, Mariamme [III], of an only child, a daughter, Herodias [I], wife of Philip-Thomas [cousin]
(4H) Herod-Antipas, 2B-King 4BC-AD39, deposed, died in exile
=1 daughter of King Aretas IV of Nabataea; =2 Herodias [II], his half-brother’s wife
(4i) Olympias, wife of Joseph (III) (cousin)
issue of King Herod by 4th wife, Mariamme (II), daughter of High-Priest Simon IV [of his 1st wife], was
(4J) Herod-Philip [I], 2C-King 4BC-AD34, who, by his wife, Herodias [II], ex-wife of his half-brother Herod-Antipas, was the father of a daughter, Salome [IV], wife of Philip II
issue of King Herod by 5th wife, Cleopatra of Jerusalem, widow of High-Priest Simon IV [his 2nd wife], was
(4K) Philip [II], married Salome [IV], daughter of Herod-Philip [I] and his wife Herodias [II]
(4L) Herod [VI]
issue of King Herod by 6th wife, Pallas, was
(4M) Phasel [II]
issue of King Herod by 7th wife, Phaedra, was
(4N) Roxane (dau), wife of Pheras [II] [cousin]
issue of King Herod by 8th wife, Elphis, was
(4O) Salome [II] (dau), wife of [cousin], name unsure, son of Pheras I, her uncle
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King Herod died, age 70, in the month of March on the night of an eclipse of the moon just before the Passover Feast in 4BC. He was said to have reigned 36 years, but is that dated from when he became governor in 40BC or when he began king in 37BC? For, some modern scholars are rethinking the traditional date of his death in 4BC, because in 1BC there was also an eclipse of the moon in March just before the Passover Feast. Herod, in his will, divided his kingdom among three of his sons. Herod's son Archelaus inherited half the kingdom, which part was called "Judea"; and his other sons Herod Antipas and Herod Philip split the other half of the kingdom between themselves, one part was called "Samaria" and the other part was called "Galilee". Octavius, the Roman Emperor, refused Archelaus the title “king”, and instead confirmed him as his father’s successor but with the title “ethnarch”. His brothers Antipas and Philip ruled their respective territories each with the title “tetrarch”.
4BC-AD6 2A. ARCHELAUS
new revolts erupted and the Roman forces under the command of the Roman legate of Syria, Publius Quinctilius Varus, had to come to suppress them, because the forces of Archelaus were unable to suppress them totally. Into this political unrest the Apostle Matthew frames the story of the return of Joseph and Mary with the babe, Jesus, in which Joseph was afraid to return to Judea ruled by Herod Archelaus (Matthew 2:22) and therefore settled in Galilee. Herod Archelaus was a cruel, bloody tyrant, whose policies caused riots and uprisings among his subjects. The rulership of Archelaus was so inept that the Jews appealed to Caesar. In consequence of the complaints made against him, he was removed by the Roman Emperor Augustus in AD6, and was banished to France where he later died in exile (AD16). He =1 Mariamme [III]; =2 Glaphyra, his brother's widow; and, by 1st wife, begot a daughter, Herodias [I], wife of Philip-Thomas. Judea, was placed under the direct authority of a Roman governor and was officially annexed to the empire, AD6. It finally took another bloody revolt this time by
Judas the Galilean over the Roman taxation which is behind the story of the Second Birth ceremony of Jesus in AD 6. Archelaus was finally deposed in AD 6 and fled to Vienne in Gaul in central France and died about Year AD 18.4BC-AD39 2B. HEROD-ANTIPAS, the brother of the above, whom Jesus called "that fox", had John "The Baptist" imprisoned and beheaded for speaking out against his marriage to his brother’s [Philip’s] wife, Herodias. He =1 [name], dau of Aretus IV, King of Nabataea; =2 Herodias [II], the wife of his half-brother, and, by him, was the mother of Salome. He had no issue. It was before him that Jesus stood in silence during His passion. He saw the reigns of three Roman emperors, Octavius, Tiberius, and Caligula. Antipas was deposed by Caligula in AD39 and banished to France. And, he later died in Spain in exile.
4BC-AD34 2C. HEROD-PHILIP [I], the other brother, one of the best of the Herodian kings, is described as a person who was moderate in the conduct of both his life and his rule. He was popular among his subjects. His wife, Herodias [II], left him and lived in open adultery with his half-brother. He died in AD34, and was survived by a daughter, Salome, wife of [her uncle], Philip [II], her father's half-brother.
34-48/53 03. HEROD AGRIPPA, son of Prince Aristobulus, son of King Herod by his 2nd wife, Mariamme [I], the Maccabee princess. Under him the three Hebrew provinces of Judea, Samaria, and Galilee, were reunited into a single Jewish state. Indeed, the kingdom and the title “king”, denied to Herod’s sons, were restored to Herod’s grandson. The Roman Emperor enlarged his realm to include the whole of Palestine in AD41. This was the Herod who had St. James, the brother of St. John “The Evangelist”, executed in AD44. Herod Agrippa also imprisoned "Saint" Peter whose deliverance by an angel is recorded in Acts (12). In reaction, an uprising of Christians in Jerusalem led by Theudas, a bishop in the Jerusalem Church, held the city in its grip for about two weeks, before order was restored by Herod Agrippa. He came down with a terrible disease while in the theater at Caesara to celebrate the games, and died in agony five days later. Herod Agrippa was survived by his wife, Cypros [III], and their two sons and three daughters, who were:
(a) Herod-Agrippa II
(b) Drusus (d66), was the father of Salome [IX]
(c) Berenice [III]; =1 M.J. Alex., Governor of Egypt (d44); =2 Herod-Pollio, uncle; =3 Polemo, King of Cilicia; &, mistress of Roman Emperor Titus
(d) Mariamme [VII]; =1 Archelaus III, King of Cappadocia; =2 Demetrius “Alabarche“, Governor of Egypt; and, was the mother, by 1st husband, of Berenice [IV] (daughter), and, was the mother, by 2nd husband, of Agripanus [or Agrippa III] (son); & (e) Drusilla; =1 Azizus, King of Arabia; =2 M. Ant. Felix, Gov. of Judea (52-60); and, was the mother, by her 2nd husband, of a son, Antonius Agrippa [V], and a daughter, name unsure [all kld AD 79].
48/53-66 04. HEROD AGRIPPA II, son, was a teen in Rome at the time of his father’s death. The Roman Emperor Claudius thought about installing the young prince immediately upon his late father’s throne, but changed his mind because of his youth, and placed the kingdom directly under the rule of a Roman governor. Meanwhile, the brother of the late king, Herod [II] Pollio, reigned over another Roman province. Upon his death in AD48 Herod Agrippa [II] was appointed viceroy of his late uncle’s realm. Then in AD53 he was given his inheritance and made king of a third part of his father’s old kingdom. He, though, king, was accountable to the successive Roman governors of the region. In the “New Testament” the elder Herod Agrippa [I] is repeatedly called “Herod” (Acts 12:1,6,11,19-21), whereas the younger Herod Agrippa [II] is called “Agrippa” (Acts 25:13,22-24, 26; etc). He, unlike his father, was never popular with his subjects. The apostle “Saint” Paul stood before him. He sent St. Paul to Rome to appear before the Roman Emperor Nero. Herod Agrippa II was deposed in Year AD 66 in a rebellion of one of his generals, Eleazar "The Zealot", whose troops slaughtered the Roman garrison of Jerusalem, and drove Herod Agrippa II out of Jerusalem, igniting the Roman War of AD 66-73. Herod Agrippa II was deposed by Eleazar "The Zealot" and traveled to Rome for help. Meantime, Eleazar "The Zealot" was busy fighting rivaling claimants, including John "of Giscala" and Simon "Bar Gjora".
These usurpers who replaced the Herodians in AD 66 were themselves swept away along with the whole Jewish nation by the Roman Conquest of the country in AD70. The Romans had occupied Judaea since 63BC, and Judaea officially became a Roman province in AD6, however, not until the great Jewish rebellion of AD 66-73 was the country totally subjugated under the Roman yoke. The misrule of the Roman governors provoked the outbreak of rebellion in AD66 that soon developed into a full-scale war to achieve the country’s independence. Too, civil war broke-out among various claimants to the Jewish throne. The countryside was subdued by the Romans by AD68. Then Jerusalem endured a 2-years’ siege, AD69-70. The city was destroyed, most of its citizens were killed during the fighting, and the survivors deported in a mass deportation and resettled by the Romans in Provence, France. In AD73 the last Jewish stronghold at Masada was taken, and the war was over.
The Herodians, following the destruction of their kingdom, retired to Rome, where they lived and eventually all died out with no descendants. Bernice, sister of Herod-Agrippa II, the ex-king, was onetime mistress of the Roman Emperor Titus, the very one who had destroyed the Jewish kingdom. She was hated by the citizens of Rome and public opinion pressured her to leave. Herod Agrippa II, the last Herodian king, lived 30 years in exile in Rome and died in AD96 an old man, unmarried, without issue.
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the issue of (4B) Alexander [IV]/[I], by wife, Glaphyra, daughter of King Archelaus III of Cappadocia, divorced wife of King Juba II of Mauretania [she =3rd Herod-Archelaus], was
(5A) Tigranes V/IV, King of Armenia (dAD36), had none issue
(5B) Alexander [VI]/[II], the father of (6) Tigranes VI/I, King of Armenia 60-2, the father of (7) Alexander [IV], King of Cilicie, who, by his wife, Iotape [VII] of Commagene, was the father of two sons, namely: (8A) C. Jul. Alex. & (8B) C. Jul. Agrippa, the father of (9A&B) two un-named sons, unknown if any descendants
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the issue of
(4C) Aristobulus [IV][I], by wife, Berenice [II], daughter of Costobarus, Governor of Idumaea, &, Salome, sister of Herod the Great, was:(5A) Herod-Agrippa I, 3-King 37-44
= Cypros [III], daughter of Phasel III, had issue
(5B) Herod [IV] Pollio, 4-King 44-48; =1 Mariamme [IV]; =2 Berenice [III], his niece; =3 Agrippina [II], daughter of Antipater [IV]; &, had issue
(5C)
Aristobulus [II], who, by his wife, Iotape I, Queen of Emesa, begot (6) Iotape II (daughter), wife of Sampsigeratnus, Priest-King of Emesa, parents of (7) Gaius Julius Sohaemus, had issue (below)(5D) Antipater [VI], who, by his wife, Cypros [IX], was the father of three daughters: (6A) Mariamme [V], (6B) Salome [V], and (6C) Berenice [V]
(5E) Mariamme [VI]; =1 Sillius Domitus; =2 Gn. Cal. Piso; =3 Lucius Cal. Piso (dAD32), by whom she was the mother of (6) Arrius Cal. Piso, who, by his wife Boionia, was the father of a daughter, (7) Plotina; =1 Cor. Rufus; =2 Trajan, Roman Emperor; & had issue
(5F) Herodias [II], married her uncle, Herod Philip [I], 1st husband, whom she divorced and married his half-brother, Herod-Antipas [his 2nd = too]
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issue of (5A) Herod-Agrippa I, by his wife, Cypros [III], was
(6A) Herod-Agrippa II, 5-King 48/53-66, deposed, died unmarried without issue Year 93 in exile, in Rome
(6B) Drusus (d66), father of Salome [IX]
(6C) Berenice [III]; =1 M.J. Alex., Governor of Egypt (d44); =2 Herod [IV] Pollio, her uncle; =3 Polemo, King of Cilicia; &, mistress of Roman Emperor Titus
(6D) Mariamme [VII]; =1 Archelaus III, King of Cappadocia; =2 Demetrius "Alabarche", Governor of Egypt; and, was the mother, by 1st husband, of Berenice [IV] (dau), and, was the mother, by 2nd husband, of Agrippinus [or, Agrippa III] (son)
(6E) Drusilla; =1 Azizus, King of Arabia; =2 M. Ant. Felix, Gov. of Judea (52-60); and, was the mother, by her 2nd husband, of a son, Antonius Agrippa [V], and a daughter, [name unsure], all killed AD 79
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issue of (5B) Herod [IV] Pollio, by 1st wife, Mariamme [IV], was
(6A)
Aristobulus [III], King of Cilicie, seeissue of (5B) Herod [IV] Pollio, by 2nd wife, Berenice [III], was
(6B) Hyrcanus
(6C) Bernicianus
(6D) Berenice [VI]
issue of (5B) Herod [IV] Pollio, by 3rd wife, Agrippina [II], was
(6E) Antonia [II]
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the issue of (6A)
Aristobulus [III], King of Cilicie, by his wife, Salome [IV], ex-wife of Philip II, was(7A) Herod [VI]
(7B) Aristobulus [IV]
(7C) Agrippa [IV]
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issue of (3D) Pheras I (Pheroras) (d5BC) by three wives was
(4A) Pheras II = Roxane, daughter of King Herod by 7th wife
(4B) son [name unsure], = Salome [II], daughter of King Herod by 8th wife
(4C) Cypros [XI], 11th wife of Herod, his niece
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issue of (3E) Joseph [II]/IV as "Nasi" 41-38 kld, husband of Salome, sister of Joseph III "Nasi" [dep 41, exec 35BC], of the royal Davidide line
(4A) Joseph [III](dAD43), who, by his wife, Olympia [cousin], was the father of Mariamme [IV], [1st] wife of Herod [IV] Pollio
(4B) Antipater [IV] (below)
(4C) Pheras [III], by his wife, Agrippina [I], was the father of Antiochus, the father of three daughters: Salome [VIII], Alexandra [I], and, Cypros [VIII]
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issue of
(4B) Antipater [IV] (above) by his wife, Cypros [II], was the father of(5A) Herod [II], who, by his wife, Cleopatra [II], was the father of a daughter, Cleopatra [III]
(5B) Antipas (kld AD 68), who, by his wife, (6) Cypros [V], was the father of
(7A) Archelaus [son] & (7B) Cypros [VI] [dau](5C) Cypros [IV], wife of Alexius Selcias, Jr
(5D) Agrippina [II], 3rd wife of Herod [IV] Pollio
(5E) Salome [VII]
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issue of
(7A) Archelaus, by his wife, Mariamme [V], was(8) Antonia [I] [dau]
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descent-line
01. HEROD "The Great", King of Judea
= Mariamne [I] (ex 29BC), the Maccabee princess
02.Aristobulus IV/I, Prince
= Berenice [II], daughter of Costobarus, Governor of Idumaea & Salome, sister of Herod "The Great "
03. Aristobulus II, Priest-King of Emesa
= Iotape I, Priestess-Queen of Emesa, daughter of Sampsigeramus, Priest-King of Emesa, younger brother of the childless Priest-King Azizus
04. Iotape II (daughter), Queen & High-Priestess of Emesa
= Sampsigeratnus, Priest-King of Emesa
05. Gaius Julius Sohaemus, King of Emesa 54-73
= Drusilla, divorced wife of Felix, Governor of Judea, &, daughter of Ptolemy of Mauretania (dAD40), son of Juba II, King of Numidia (dAD23) & Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Queen Cleopatra [VII] of Egypt
06. Gaius Julius Alexio, Priest-King of Emesa (d 78)
= Claudia, daughter of Arrius Calpurnius Piso, King of Syria & Servilla, an illegitimate daughter of Roman Emperor Claudius
07. Gaius Julius Sampsigeramus [III] Silas, Priest-King of Emesa (d ca 120)
08. Gaius Julius Longinus Soaemus, Priest-King of Emesa (d ca 160)
09. Iamblichus, brother of (a) Julius Bassianus, Priest-King of Emesa [father of Julia Domna and her sister Julia Moesa], & (b) Gaius Julius Avitus (d149) [father of Sohaemus, King of Armenia, d172]
10. Gaius Julius Sulpicius, Priest-King of Emesa (d ca 210)
11. Uranius Antoninus, Priest-King of Emesa 210, rival Roman emperor 218 (d235)
12. Lucius Julius Aurelius Sulpicius Severus Uranius Antoninus, Priest-King of Emesa 235, rival Roman emperor 253 (d 254)
13. Iamblichus (d 325), philosopher, disciple of Porphyry in Rome, founder of his own neoplatonic school
14. Urania (daughter)
= Sopater (d 312), Imperial Counsellor to Constantine
15. Himerius
16. Iamblichus
17. Tetradius, Proconsul of Treves, Senator (d after 386)
18. Arthemia (daughter)
= Decimius Rusticus, Praetorian Prefect (d 412)
19. Rusticus
= Tullia, daughter of Eucherius, Bishop of Lyons
20. Aquilinus, Bishop of Lyons (d 470)
= Fuscina, daughter of Hesychius, Bishop of Vienne & Audentia, daughter of Roman Emperor Petronius Maximus & Eparchia, sister of Roman Emperor Avitus
21. Rusticus, Bishop of Lyons (d April 25, 501)
= Ommace, daughter of Ruricius [Rurice], Bishop of Limoges
22. Leontius, brother of Sacerdos, Bishop of Lyons (d 552), who, by wife, Anicia, daughter of Anicius Volusianus, begot
23. Anicia (daughter)
= Magnus (d540), son of Probus (d518) & Anastasia, daughter of Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I "Dikoros", & his 1st wife Aspidia
24. Anastasia (daughter)
= Tiberius II, Byzantine Emperor 578-582
25. Constantina (daughter)
= Mauricius [Maurice], Byzantine Emperor 582-602
26. Maria (Miriam) (daughter)
= Chrosroes II (Khusrau) "Parvez", King/Shah of Persia 590-628 [his 2nd wife]
27. Azarmedukht (Azarmidocht) (daughter), empress
= [unsure]
28. Zamaspdukht (daughter)
= Yazdagird III, King/Shah of Persia 632-651
29. Dara-Izdadwar (Izdundad) (daughter)
= Bustanai, Jewish Exilarch 642-665 [his 2nd wife]
30. Shahrijar (Shahari)
, father of31. Yomtov-Ruzbihan [a.k.a. Ahunai], father of
32. Zakkai-Yehuda, 9th Exilarch (d771), father of
33. Makhir "A", a.k.a. Theodore of Narbonne
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33. Makhir (Machir) ["A"], claimant, went to France (771) and became Theodore of Narbonne, Marquis of Septimania, founded a French noble house
34. Adalesme, a count, who, by wife, Albane, begot
35. Gerhard (Gerard), Count of Poitou, Count of Auvergne, etc. (d841), who, by wife, Rotrude [daughter of King Louis I "The Pious" of France], begot
36. Rainulfe I, Count of Poitou & Duke of Aquitaine 845-867, who, by wife, Bilhilde [daughter of Pepin II, Duke of Aquitaine], begot
37. Rainulfe II, Count of Poitou & Duke of Aquitaine 867/888-890, who, by his concubine, Ada, begot
38. Ebales "Manzer" [illegitimate son], Count of Poitou (901) & Duke of Aquitaine (927) (d935), who, by wife, Emilienne [daughter of William I "The Pious", Duke of Aquitaine], begot
39. William III/I "Tete d'Etoupe", Count of Poitou & Duke of Aquitaine 935-963, who, by wife, Gerloc [daughter of Rollo, Duke of Normandy], begot
40. William IV/II "Firebrace", Count of Poitou & Duke of Aquitaine 963-990 (d995), who, by wife, Emma [daughter of Thibaud II, Count of Blois], begot
41. William V/III "The Great", Count of Poitou & Duke of Aquitaine 990-1029 (d1030), begot
42. Guido-Geoffrey, a.k.a. William VIII/VI, Count of Poitou & Duke of Aquitaine 1058-1086, who, by wife, Hildegarde [daughter of Robert I, Duke of Burgundy], begot
43. William IX/VII "Le Vieux", Count of Poitou & Duke of Aquitaine 1086-1126, who, by wife, Matilda/Philippa [daughter of William IV, Count of Toulouse], begot
44. William X/VIII "the Troubadour", Count of Poitou & Duke of Aquitaine 1126-1137, who, by wife, Aenora de Chatellerault, begot
45. Eleanor of Aquitaine (daughter), heiress, Duchess of Aquitaine 1137 & 1152-1204, wife of King HENRY II of England, from whom descends all succeeding English kings
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33. Makhir (Machir) ["A"] (above), claimant, went to France (771) and became Theodore of Narbonne, Marquis of Septimania, founded a French noble house
34. "Saint" William "Le Cornet", Marquis of Septimania 790-806, Count of Gellone 791 [a.k.a. Guillem de Gellone], Count of Razes 795, styled “Peer of France”, one of Charlemagne's “paladins”, retired 806 (d812), and, by 1st wife, Cunegonde, sister & heiress of William [I], Count of Razes [last Merovingian prince], begot
35. Bera IV/[I], by wife, Romille, begot
36. Argila, Count of Razes (d836), who, by wife, Reverge, was the father of
37. Bera V/[II], Count of Razes (d860), who, by wife, Duodeme, was the father
38. Hilderic, Count of Razes (d867), the father of
39. Sigbert [III], Count of Razes, called "Prince Ursus", deposed and expelled (881) by his father-in-law, King Charles I/II “The Bald” of France, and died in exile in Bretagne (894); who, by his wife, Rotilde, was survived by a son, namely,
40. William de Razes, dispossessed heir, styled self "Count of Razes" as William III, fled to England as the results of Viking raids in 914 and died there that year; and, by his wife, Idoine of Nantes, was survived by a son, namely,
41. William de Razes (d936), who, an exile at the English royal court, married Egythe, an English princess, and, begot
42. Arnaud de Razes (d952), who returned to his grandfather’s estate in Bretagne in 939 (d952); and, by his wife, Ashtar, a Breton princess, begot
43. Bera "The Architect" (d975); said to have introduced the "masonic arts" to England circa 950; whose descendants were called "architects" which is an illusion to "freemasonry"; who was the father of
44. Sigebert (d978/982), the father of
45. Hugh des Plantard (d971), who, by wife, Anna of Byzantium, begot
46. Gerald de Ademar, 1st Prince of Orange (1000), father of
47. Raimbaud I, Prince of Orange, father of
48. Bertrand I, Prince of Orange, father of
49. Raimbaud II, Prince of Orange (d1121), father of
50. Tiburge [I] (daughter), Countess of Orange (d1150), wife of William [I] de Ometas (d1156), son of Guillaume V, Seigneur of Montpellier
51. Tiburge III, Countess of Orange (d1182) [sister of William II & Raimbaud III], wife of Bertrand II, Prince of Orange (d1181), son of Raymond I, Count of Baux
52. William IV, Prince of Orange (d1218)
= Ermengarde de Mevoillon
53. William V, Prince of Orange (d1239) [bro of Raymond II]
= Precieuse
54. Raymond I, Prince of Orange (d1272/9) [bro of William VI]
= Laura of Lautrec
55. Bertrand III, Prince of Orange (d1300/5)
= Berengaria of Andria
56. Bertrand, Count of Andria, Senator of Rome (d1347/55)
= Margaret d'Alneto
57. Francois, Duke of Andria (d1422)
=2 Justine, dau of Nicolas des Ursins, Senator of Rome 1356 (d1399)
58. Margaret (d1469)
= Pierre de Luxembourg, Count of Saint Paul (d1433)
59. Jacqueline (d1472)
= Richard Wydeville (d1469)
60. Elizabeth (d1492)
= EDWARD IV, King of England, from whom descends all succeeding English monarchs
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David Hughes, 2005, RdavidH218@AOL.com
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