Drusilla (daughter of Agrippa I)

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Drusilla (daughter of Agrippa I)

For others of this name see Drusilla
Drusilla

Julia Drusilla was a daughter to Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder. She had two sisters and three brothers . Since his mother, the elder Agrippina, gave birth to Gaius on campaign with her husband Germanicus, the army nicknamed the baby Caligula, or "Combat Booties." ....
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Drusilla (born 38

Year 38 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar....
) was a daughter of Herod Agrippa I

Agrippa I

Agrippa I also called the Great , King of the Jews, was the grandson of Herod the Great, and son of Aristobulus IV and Berenice . His original name was Marcus Julius Agrippa, and he is the king named Herod in the Acts of the Apostles, in the Bible, "Herod " ....
and thus sister to Berenice, Mariamne

Mariamne (daughter of Herod Agrippa I)

Mariamne was a daughter of King Herod Agrippa I. She was betrothed by her father to Gaius Julius Archelaus Antiochus Epiphanes, first son of King Antiochus IV of Commagene, but this marriage had not yet been enacted upon her father's death....
and Herod Agrippa II

Agrippa II

Agrippa II , son of Agrippa I, and like him originally named Marcus Julius Agrippa, was the seventh and last king of the family of Herod the Great, thus last of the Herodians....
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was six years of age at the time of her father's death at Caesarea in 44

Year 44 was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar....
. Her father had betrothed her to Gaius Julius Archelaus Antiochus Epiphanes

Gaius Julius Archelaus Antiochus Epiphanes

Gaius Julius Archelaus Antiochus Epiphanes, also known as Julius Archelaus Epiphanes; Epiphanes; Gaius Julius Antiochus Epiphanes or simply known as Gaius was an influential prince of the Kingdom of Commagene, who lived in the 1st century....
, first son of King Antiochus IV of Commagene

Antiochus IV of Commagene

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Drusilla (born 38

Year 38 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar....
) was a daughter of Herod Agrippa I

Agrippa I

Mariamne (daughter of Herod Agrippa I)

Agrippa II

Agrippa II , son of Agrippa I, and like him originally named Marcus Julius Agrippa, was the seventh and last king of the family of Herod the Great, thus last of the Herodians....
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Life

First marriage

She was six years of age at the time of her father's death at Caesarea in 44

Year 44 was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar....
. Her father had betrothed her to Gaius Julius Archelaus Antiochus Epiphanes

Gaius Julius Archelaus Antiochus Epiphanes

Antiochus IV of Commagene

Gaius Julius Antiochus IV Epiphanes, also known as Antiochus IV Epiphanes or Antiochus IV of Commagene, was the last king of Commagene who reigned between 38-72....
, with a stipulation from her father that Epiphanes should embrace the Jewish religion. The prince in the end refused to abide by his promise to do so, and the marriage had still not been contracted on her father's death. On Agrippa's death:

Once Drusilla's brother Herod Agrippa II had been assigned the tetrachy of Herod Philip I (along with Batanea, Trachonites and Abila) in around 49

Year 49 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar....
/50

Year 50 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar....
, he broke off her engagement to Epiphanes and gave her in marriage to Gaius Julius Azizus, King of Emesa

Royal Family of Emesa

The Royal Family of Emesa was a native Syrian Arab dynasty of Priest Kings in Emesa . There is a possibility that members of the Royal Family may have some ancestry from the local Greek population in Syria....
, who, in order to obtain her hand, consented to be circumcised. Herod also at around this time married Mariamne to her betrothed, Gaius the prince of Commagene.

Felix

It appears that it was shortly after her first marriage was contracted that Antonius Felix

Antonius Felix

Marcus Antonius Felix was the ancient Rome procurator of Iudaea Province 52-60, in succession to Ventidius Cumanus....
, the Roman procurator of Judaea, met Drusilla, probably at her brother's court (Berenice, the elder sister, lived with her brother at this time, and thus Drusilla probably did too). Felix was struck by the great beauty of Drusilla, and determined to make her his (second) wife. In order to persuade her, a practising Jew, to divorce her Jewish husband and marry him, a pagan, he took the following steps:

She was about twenty-two years of age when she appeared at Felix's side, during St. Paul's captivity at Caesarea - Acts 24:24 reports her thus:

"Several days later Felix came [back into court] with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess."

Acts gives no further information on her subsequent life, though Josephus states that they had a son named Marcus Antonius Agrippa and a daughter Antonia Clementiana. Their son perished together with his mother, Drusilla, during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius

Mount Vesuvius

Mount Vesuvius is an stratovolcano east of Naples Italy. It is the only volcano on the European mainland to have erupted within the last hundred years, although it is not currently eruption....
in 79

Year 79 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar....
. For further information about the family of Felix and Drusilla, see Antonius Felix

Antonius Felix

Marcus Antonius Felix was the ancient Rome procurator of Iudaea Province 52-60, in succession to Ventidius Cumanus....
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Drusilla (daughter of Agrippa I)

Life

First marriage

Felix

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