Julia Agrippina

   Another name for Julia was "The Elder."

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ID: I02259
Name: Julia Agrippina "The Elder"
Sex: F
Birth: BEF. 100
Death: in island of Pandateria, in the Tyrrhenian Sea
Reference Number: 2259
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born c. 14 BC
died Oct. 18, AD 33, the island of Pandateria, in the Tyrrhenian Sea

granddaughter of the emperor Augustus and a major figure in thesuccession struggles in the latter part of the reign of Tiberius (ruledAD14–37).

Agrippina was married to Germanicus Caesar (great-nephew of Augustus andnephew and adopted son of Tiberius). She accompanied her husband toGermany and to the East, where he died at Antioch in AD 19. When thedeath of Tiberius' son Drusus in 23 brought her sons into direct line forthe succession, she became the object of attacks by Sejanus, Tiberius'adviser, who had his own designs. Finally, in 29 she was exiled toPandateria, where she died, either self-starved or, according to some,starved at Tiberius' order. Of her nine children by Germanicus, one sonand three daughters survived her, the son becoming Tiberius' successor asthe emperor Gaius Caligula (37–41). The most famous of her daughters wasAgrippina, the mother of the emperor Nero. Several fine portraits ofAgrippina have been preserved, the most famous being in the CapitolineMuseum, Rome.
Source:
(Encyclopedia Britannica, 2003 CD)


Father: Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa b: BEF. 100

Marriage 1 Germanicus Caesar b: BEF. 100
Children
Gaius Caesar (Caligula) b: BEF. 100
Julia Agrippina "The Younger" b: BEF. 100

Marriage 2 Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar b: BEF. 100

Julia married Germanicus Caesar, son of Gov Of Gaul Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia Augusta. (Germanicus Caesar was born in 0015 B.C. and died in 0019 in Antioch, Syria [Now Antakya, Tur.].)