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Artemisia II of Caria, Queen of Caria ( - 350 BC)

Sister, wife, and successor of Mausolus of Caria. She built the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, in his memory. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413-e-829?rskey=XtfCV5&result=2&q=artemisia Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_II_of_Caria Relevant locations: Title (royalty or holy order) Caria, Anatolia
References in Documents:

Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Queen Artemisia. Head of a cloaked woman; on the reverse, Mausoleion.