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Agrippina the Younger

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Agrippina the Younger
Augusta
Roman empress
Tenure1 January AD 49 – 13 October AD 54
Born6 November AD 15
Oppidum Ubiorum (Cologne)
Died23 March AD 59 (aged 43)
Misenum
Burial
SpouseGnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
Gaius Sallustius Passienus Crispus
Claudius
IssueNero
HouseJulio-Claudian
FatherGermanicus
MotherAgrippina the Elder

Julia Agrippina (6 November 15 – 23 March AD 59), also called Agrippina the Younger, was a Roman empress. Her father was general Germanicus, and her mother was Agrippina the Elder, a granddaughter of the first Roman emperor Augustus. She was the younger sister of emperor Caligula, the niece and fourth wife of emperor Claudius who was the emperor after Caligula, and the mother of emperor Nero, who became emperor after Claudius.