Herodias
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Judean princess
New Testament person
biblical figure
historical person
member of the Herodian dynasty
Herodias was a Judean princess of the Herodian dynasty, best known from the New Testament for her role in the events leading to the execution of John the Baptist.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Herodias canonical | 18 |
| Hérodiade | 3 |
| Herod Antipas was stepfather of Salome | 1 |
| Herodias (legendary figure) | 1 |
| Herodias in King of Kings | 1 |
| Herodias – Judea | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T530301 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herodias Context triple: [Herod Antipas, spouse, Herodias]
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A.
Jezebel
Jezebel is a feminist-leaning online magazine and blog known for its sharp commentary on gender, culture, and media.
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B.
Julia Livilla
Julia Livilla was a Roman imperial princess of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, known as the sister of Emperor Caligula and for her involvement in the turbulent politics of the early Roman Empire.
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C.
Claudia
Claudia is a feminine given name used in various cultures, derived from the ancient Roman family name Claudius.
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D.
Ahinoam of Jezreel
Ahinoam of Jezreel was one of King David’s wives in the Hebrew Bible and the mother of his son Amnon.
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E.
Susanna
Susanna is a deuterocanonical addition to the Book of Daniel, telling the story of a virtuous woman falsely accused of adultery and vindicated by the prophet Daniel.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herodias Target entity description: Herodias was a Judean princess of the Herodian dynasty, best known from the New Testament for her role in the events leading to the execution of John the Baptist.
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A.
Jezebel
Jezebel is a feminist-leaning online magazine and blog known for its sharp commentary on gender, culture, and media.
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B.
Julia Livilla
Julia Livilla was a Roman imperial princess of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, known as the sister of Emperor Caligula and for her involvement in the turbulent politics of the early Roman Empire.
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C.
Claudia
Claudia is a feminine given name used in various cultures, derived from the ancient Roman family name Claudius.
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D.
Ahinoam of Jezreel
Ahinoam of Jezreel was one of King David’s wives in the Hebrew Bible and the mother of his son Amnon.
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E.
Susanna
Susanna is a deuterocanonical addition to the Book of Daniel, telling the story of a virtuous woman falsely accused of adultery and vindicated by the prophet Daniel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Judean princess
ⓘ
New Testament person ⓘ biblical figure ⓘ historical person ⓘ member of the Herodian dynasty ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | execution of John the Baptist ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Judea ⓘ |
| child |
Salome (daughter of Herodias)
ⓘ
linked to:
Salome
|
| criticizedFor | unlawful marriage to Herod Antipas ⓘ |
| culturalDepictions | subject of later Christian art and literature ⓘ |
| divorced |
Herod II
ⓘ
linked to:
Herod Philip
|
| dynasticHouse | Herodian dynasty ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Idumean-Judean
ⓘ
linked to:
Idumaean
|
| father | Aristobulus IV ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| governedThroughSpouse | tetrarchy of Herod Antipas ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | her grudge against John the Baptist ⓘ |
| knownFor | role in the execution of John the Baptist ⓘ |
| languageContext | Koine Greek New Testament ⓘ |
| marriageToHerodAntipasStatus | controversial under Jewish law ⓘ |
| maternalGrandfather | Costobarus ⓘ |
| maternalGrandmother | Salome I ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Gospel of Luke
ⓘ
Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ writings of Flavius Josephus ⓘ |
| mother | Berenice (daughter of Costobarus and Salome) ⓘ |
| paternalGrandfather | Herod the Great ⓘ |
| politicalContext | Roman client kingdom of Herod Antipas ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | vindictive figure in Christian tradition ⓘ |
| region |
Galilee
ⓘ
Perea ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Second Temple Judaism ⓘ |
| religiousCritic | John the Baptist ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| requested | beheading of John the Baptist ⓘ |
| sourceType |
ancient historiography
ⓘ
biblical narrative ⓘ |
| spouse |
Herod Antipas
ⓘ
Herod II ⓘ
linked to:
Herod Philip
|
| stepdaughterRelationship |
Herod Antipas was stepfather of Salome
ⓘ
linked to:
Herodias
|
| timePeriod | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| title | princess ⓘ |
| uncle |
Archelaus (ethnarch of Judea)
ⓘ
linked to:
Herod Archelaus
Herod Antipas ⓘ Philip the Tetrarch ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Herodias Description of subject: Herodias was a Judean princess of the Herodian dynasty, best known from the New Testament for her role in the events leading to the execution of John the Baptist.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Herodias
linked to: Herodias
subject linked to:
opera "Salome" by Richard Strauss
linked to: Herodias
subject linked to:
Kundry in Richard Wagner's "Parsifal"
linked to: Herodias
subject linked to:
Kundry in Richard Wagner's "Parsifal"
subject linked to:
Jochanaan in Salome
subject linked to:
Jochanaan in Salome
linked to: Herodias