Herodias

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Herodias
     (Matt. 14:3-11; Mark 6:17-28; Luke 3:19), the daughter of
     Aristobulus and Bernice. While residing at Rome with her husband
     Herod Philip I. and her daughter, Herod Antipas fell in with her
     during one of his journeys to that city. She consented to leave
     her husband and become his wife. Some time after, Herod met John


     the Baptist, who boldly declared the marriage to be unlawful.
     For this he was "cast into prison," in the castle probably of
     Machaerus (q.v.), and was there subsequently beheaded.