Hyrcanus II
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Key facts
- Reign
- c. 67 – 66 BCE
- Predecessor
- Salome Alexandra
- Successor
- Aristobulus II
- Born
- c. 110 BC
- Died
- 30 BC, (aged c. 80)
- Issue
- Alexandra the Maccabee
- Dynasty
- Hasmonean
- Father
- Alexander Jannaeus
- Mother
- Salome Alexandra
- Religion
- Judaism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Giovanni
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Hasmonean Judea
- Father
- Alexander Jannaeus
- Mother
- Salome Alexandra
- Sibling
- Aristobulus II
- Occupation
- High Priest of Israel
- Position held
- High Priest of Israel
- Participant in
- Hasmonean Civil War
- Family
- Hasmonean dynasty
- Image
- Hyrcanus II medal.svg
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- date of death
- 0030-01-01
- date of birth
- 0110-00-00
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- Hyrcanus II
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Encyclopedic overview
Hasmonean Kingdom to 63 BCE John Hyrcanus II (/hərˈkeɪnəs/, Hebrew: יוחנן הרקנוס Yohanan Hurqanos; died 30 BCE), a member of the Hasmonean dynasty, was the High Priest of Israel in the 1st century BCE. He was also briefly king of Judea (67–66 BCE) and then the ethnarch of Judea, probably over the period 47–40 BCE.
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