Agrippina

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Agrippina may refer to:

Notable women of Ancient Rome:

Daughters of politician and general, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa:

• Vipsania Agrippina (36 BC-20), daughter of Caecilia Attica and first wife of the Emperor Tiberius
• Vipsania Marcella Agrippina (born 27 BC), daughter of Claudia Marcella Major and first wife of general Publius Quinctilius Varus
• Vipsania Julia Agrippina or Julia the Younger (19 BC–28 or early 29), daughter of Julia the Elder and wife of Lucius Aemilius Paullus
• Julia Vipsania Agrippina or Agrippina the Elder (14 BC-33), daughter of Julia the Elder, wife of Germanicus and mother of Emperor Caligula

Other Roman woman with the name Agrippina:

• Julia Agrippina or Agrippina the Younger (15–59), daughter of Agrippina the Elder and Germanicus. Wife of Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 32) (with whom she parented the later Emperor Nero) and third marriage with Emperor Claudius, under whom she received the honorific Augusta
• Asinia Agrippina, a possible granddaughter of Vipsania Agrippina and possible second cousin to Agrippina the Younger
• Antonia Agrippina, a possible granddaughter of Roman Governor of Judea, Antonius Felix

In Christianity:

• Saint Agrippina of Mineo, 3rd century martyr

In art:

• Agrippina (opera), opera by George Frideric Handel, of which the title and plot refer to Agrippina the Younger

Also:

• Maria Agrypina, a 14th century Lithuanian noblewoman
• Agrippina Vaganova (1879-1951), Russian Ballerina and Ballet teacher