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Salome Alexandra or Alexandra of Jerusalem (141–67 BCE) (Hebrew: שְׁלוֹמְצִיּוֹן אלכסנדרה Shelomtzion or Shlom Tzion) was one of only two women to rule over Judea (the other being Athaliah). The wife of Aristobulus I and afterward of Alexander Jannaeus she was the last woman ruler of Judea and the last ruler of ancient Judea to die as the ruler of an independent kingdom (from 76 to 67 B.C.E.).
