Julia Augusta Agrippina

Agrippina the Younger
Agrippina, mother of Nero, National Museum, Warsaw
Empress consort of the Roman Empire
Tenure	1 January AD 49 – 13 October AD 54
Born	6 November AD 15 Oppidum Ubiorum (Cologne)
Died	23 March AD 59 (aged 43) Misenum
Burial	Misenum
Spouse	Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus Gaius Sallustius Crispus Passienus Claudius
Issue	Nero, Emperor of Rome
House	Julio-Claudian Dynasty
Father	Germanicus
Mother	Agrippina the Elder

Agrippina the Younger (Latin: Julia Agrippina; 6 November AD 15 – 23 March AD 59), also referred to as Agrippina Minor (Minor, which is Latin for "the Younger") was a Roman empress and one of the more prominent women in the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Her father was Germanicus, a popular general and one-time heir apparent to the Roman Empire under Tiberius; and her mother was Agrippina the Elder, a great-granddaughter of the first Roman emperor Augustus. She was also the younger sister of Caligula, as well as the niece and fourth wife of Claudius.

Both ancient and modern sources describe Agrippina's personality as ruthless, ambitious, violent, and domineering. Physically she was a beautiful and reputable woman; according to Pliny the Elder, she had a double canine in her upper right jaw, a sign of good fortune. Many ancient historians accuse Agrippina of poisoning her husband Claudius, though accounts vary. In AD 59 Agrippina was executed on the orders of her son, the emperor Nero.

Agrippina was the first daughter and fourth living child of Agrippina the Elder and Germanicus. She had three elder brothers, Nero Caesar, Drusus Caesar and the future Emperor Caligula, and two younger sisters, Julia Drusilla and Julia Livilla. Agrippina's two elder brothers and her mother were victims of the intrigues of the Praetorian Prefect Lucius Aelius Sejanus.