Octavia MAJOR

69 B.C. - 0011 B.C.

• Name	Octavia MAJOR
  Birth	69 B.C.
  Gender	Female
  FamilySearch ID	LDS3-975
  _UID	28471A1C34624D7CAF1647871255F99D94BA
  Death	0011 B.C.
  Person ID	I9202	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	20 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	General Gais OCTAVIOUS   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Atia BALBUS   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F35	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emperor Marcus Antonius Triumvar Of ROME,   b. 14 Jan 82 B.C., Roma, Roman Republic d. 1 Aug 0029 B.C., Alexandria, Egypt
  Marriage	40 B.C.	Brundisium, His 3Rd Marriage, Her 2ND
  Children	1. Antonia Major "THE ELDER",   b. Abt 33 B.C., BC, Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italy d. Oct 37, Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italy   2. Antonia MINOR,   b. 31 Jan 35 B.C., Athens, Attica, Greece d. 1 May 37, Rome, Italy, Roman Empire
  Family ID	F4625	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Dec 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Octavia (69?-11 bc), Roman matron, daughter of the Roman general Gaius Octavius, grandniece of Julius Caesar, and sister of Octavian, who became emperor as Augustus. Octavia was distinguished for her beauty and her virtue. In 40 BC on the death of her first husband, the consul Gaius Claudius Marcellus, she consented to marry Octavian's rival Mark Antony to make secure the reconciliation between him and her brother. When Antony deserted her for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra, Octavia remained loyal to her husband, even providing him with reinforcements on occasion. Octavian was indignant at the treatment she received and wished her to leave her husband's house. When war broke out between Octavian and Antony in 32 BC, Antony crowned his insults by sending Octavia a notice of divorce. When he died in Egypt after being defeated by Octavian in 30, Octavia brought up not only her own children but also Antony's children by his first wife, Fulvia, and by Cleopatra. Octavia herself had five children: two daughters by Antony, and a son and two daughters by her first husband. Her son, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, was adopted by Augustus and apparently intended to succeed the latter as emperor, but died at the age of 19. Among the descendants of two of Octavia's daughters, Antonia Major and Antonia Minor, were three rulers of the Roman Empire: the emperors Claudius I, Nero, and Caligula.