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Jotapa of Emesa

Also Known As: "Iotape"
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Daughter of Sampsigeramus II, Priest-King of Emesa and Princess Iotapa, of Commagene
Wife of Aristobulus the Younger
Mother of Iotapa II
Sister of Sohaemus, Priest-King of Emesa; Azisus, Priest-King of Emesa and Mamaea of Emesa

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About Jotapa of Emesa

Do not confuse her with her mother, also named Iotapa.

From Wikipedia:

Iotapa was a Syrian Princess from the Royal family of Emesa who lived in the 1st century AD. She was the daughter of King Sampsiceramus II and Queen Iotapa who ruled Emesa. She was of Syrian, Armenian, Greek and Medes descent. Iotapa was born and raised in Emesa (modern Homs Syria). Iotapa married the Herodian Prince Aristobulus Minor, who was of Jewish, Nabataean and Edomite ancestry. He was a grandson of King of Judea, Herod the Great.

This marriage for Aristobulus Minor, was a promising marriage in dynastic terms. Iotapa and Aristobulus chose to live as private citizens in the Middle East. Iotapa and Aristobulus had a daughter called Iotapa, was born deaf and mute. Apart from their daughter, they had no further descendants.

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Aristobulus, the third brother of Agrippa, married Jotape, the daughter of Sampsigeramus, king of Emesa; they had a daughter who was deaf, whose name also was Jotape. Antiquities, Book XVIII 5:4.
http://www.jjraymond.com/religion/aristobuluschildren.html

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Iotapa

Iotapa (who lived in the 1st century) was a daughter of King Sampsiceramus II of Emesa who married the Herodian Prince Aristobulus Minor.

Biography

Iotapa was a Syrian Princess from the Royal family of Emesa who lived in the 1st century. She was the daughter of King Sampsiceramus II and Queen Iotapa who ruled Emesa. She was of Syrian, Armenian, Greek and Median descent.

Iotapa was born and raised in Emesa (modern Homs Syria).

Iotapa married the Herodian Prince Aristobulus Minor, who was of Jewish, Nabataean and Edomite ancestry. He was a grandson of King of Judea, Herod the Great. This marriage for Aristobulus Minor was a promising marriage in dynastic terms. Iotapa and Aristobulus chose to live as private citizens in the Middle East.

Iotapa and Aristobulus had a daughter called Iotapa, was born deaf and mute. Apart from their daughter, they had no further descendants.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iotapa_(daughter_of_Sampsiceramus_II)