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Agrippina, the Younger AD15-59
Roman empress

She was the daughter of Agrippina, the Elder and Germanicus. She married first Cnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, by whom she had a son, the future Emperor Nero. Her third husband was her uncle, the Emperor Claudius, who subsequently made Nero his successor, ousting Britannicus, his own son by his former wife, Messalina. Agrippina then proceeded to poison all her son's rivals and enemies, and finally (allegedly) the emperor himself. She ruled as virtual co-regent with Nero, but he had her put to death.