Ruler · 127 – 76 BCE

Alexander Jannaeus

Lived 127 – 76 BCE; politician. High Priest of Israel of Hasmonean Judea, 103 BCE – 76 BCE.

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Lived: 127 BCE – 76 BCE; 51 years
In office: 27 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Hasmonean Judea
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

High Priest of Israel

Hasmonean Judea · the 5th of 12 dated reigns · 152 BCE – 30 BCE

1 before

Simon Thassi143 BCE – 134 BCE

John Hyrcanus134 BCE – 104 BCE

Aristobulus I104 BCE – 103 BCE

Alexander Jannaeus103 BCE – 76 BCE

Salome Alexandra76 BCE – 67 BCE

Hyrcanus II76 BCE – 66 BCE

Aristobulus II66 BCE – 63 BCE

4 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 103 BCE – 76 BCE · 27 years · came to it aged 24

Came to it: inheritedthe sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 76 BCE, the year they died

A son of John Hyrcanus, he inherited the throne from his brother Aristobulus I.

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