Plautia Urgulanilla

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Plautia Urgulanilla was the first wife of the later Roman emperor Claudius .

Urgulanilla, a member of the plebeian gens Plautia , was the daughter of Marcus Plautius Silvanus , ordinary consul in 2 BC. BC, and his wife Lartia . She had three brothers: Marcus Plautius Silvanus , who held the praetore in 24 AD , Aulus Plautius Urgulanius, who died early, and Publius Plautius Pulcher , who was elevated to the patrician class by Claudius in 47/48 AD . Like one of her brothers, she was named after her grandmother Urgulania , a close friend of Livias , the wife of Augustus and mother of Tiberius .

Around the year 10 AD Urgulanilla married Claudius, a son of Tiberius' brother Drusus . This divorced her (probably 24 AD in connection with the indictment against her brother Marcus for the murder of his wife Apronia ) on account of adultery and suspicion of murder. The son Claudius Drusus emerged from the marriage and died in childhood. According to the emperor's biographer Suetonius , he choked on a pear that he caught with his mouth while playing. Shortly after the divorce, a daughter was born, Claudia, who was not recognized by Claudius, because allegedly his freed Boter was the father.

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  1. ↑ Father: Suetonius , Claudius 26.2 ; Mother: CIL 14, 3606 ; CIL 14, 3607 .
  2. ↑ pretorship of Marcus Plautius Silvanius: Tacitus , Annals 4.22 .
  3. ↑ Tomb inscription of Aulus Plautius Urgulanius: CIL 14, 3606 .
  4. ^ Career of Publius Plautius Pulcher: CIL 14, 3607 .
  5. ↑ Urgulania as Livia's friend: Tacitus, Annalen 2,34 ; 4.21 f .
  6. ↑ Death of Apronia and subsequent processes: Tacitus, Annalen 4,22 .
  7. ↑ Marriage with and divorce from Claudius: Suetonius, Claudius 26.2 .
  8. ^ Children of Plautia Urgulanilla: Suetonius, Claudius 27.1 .
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SURNAME Plautia Urgulanilla
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Urgulanilla, Plautia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION first wife of the Roman emperor Claudius
DATE OF BIRTH 1st century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH after 24