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Salome Alexandra
queen of the Hasmonean dynasty
Years: 139BCE - 67BCE
Salome Alexandra or Alexandra of Jerusalem (139–67 BCE) is the only Jewish regnant queen, with the exception of her own husband's mother whom he had prevented from ruling as his dying father had wished, and of the much earlier usurper Athaliah.
The wife of Aristobulus I, and afterward of Alexander Jannaeus, she is the last woman ruler of Judaea, and the last ruler of ancient Judaea to die as the ruler of an independent kingdom.
