Archelaus

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Archelaus
     ruler of the people, son of Herod the Great, by Malthace, a
     Samaritan woman. He was educated along with his brother Antipas
     at Rome. He inherited from his father a third part of his
     kingdom viz., Idumea, Judea, and Samaria, and hence is called
     "king" (Matt. 2:22). It was for fear of him that Joseph and Mary


     turned aside on their way back from Egypt. Till a few days
     before his death Herod had named Antipas as his successor, but
     in his last moments he named Archelaus.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Archelaus, the prince of the people