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'''John Hyrcanus''', also called '''Hyrcanus I''', was the son of Simon Maccabeus<ref>"Simon called Thassi", 1 Maccabees 2:1-3. Simon was one of the five sons of the priest Mattathias at the time of the persecution under the Syrian Greek king Antiochus IV Epiphanes; see 1 Maccabees 1:10–6:17 ff; 2 Maccabees 5:27–10:9 ff.</ref>, high priest of the Jews a century before the birth of [[Jesus Christ]]. He succeeded his father as high priest and ruler of the Jews following the wars of the Maccabees, and he ruled an independent state of Judea as [[ethnarch]] and high priest 134–104 B.C., as the founder of the [[Hasmoneans|Hasmonean dynasty]]. He was succeeded by his son Aristobulus&nbsp;I, who was high priest and ethnarch of Judea after him.

'''John Hyrcanus''', also called '''Hyrcanus I''', was the son of Simon Maccabeus<ref>"Simon called Thassi", 1 Maccabees 2:1-3. Simon was one of the five sons of the priest Mattathias at the time of the persecution under the Syrian Greek king Antiochus IV Epiphanes; see 1 Maccabees 1:10–6:17 ff; 2 Maccabees 5:27–10:9 ff.</ref>, high priest of the Jews a century before the birth of [[Jesus Christ]]. He succeeded his father as high priest and ruler of the Jews following the wars of the Maccabees, and he ruled an independent state of Judaea as [[ethnarch]] and high priest 134–104 B.C., as the founder of the [[Hasmoneans|Hasmonean dynasty]]. He was succeeded by his son Aristobulus&nbsp;I, who was high priest and ethnarch of Judea after him.

Hyrcanus II was the son of [[Alexander Jannaeus]] the son of Antigonus the brother of Aristobulus I the son of Hyrcanus I (John Hyrcanus).

Hyrcanus II was the son of [[Alexander Jannaeus]] the son of Antigonus the brother of Aristobulus I the son of Hyrcanus I (John Hyrcanus).