Shortly after Claudius' accession to the throne, her brother Britannicus was born on February 12. In January 41, Caligula was assassinated and her father was declared emperor. She was born in Rome around 39 or 40 during the reign of her cousin Caligula. She was named for her great-grandmother Octavia the Younger, sister of the Emperor Augustus. She also had a half-brother, Claudius Drusus, through Claudius's first marriage to Plautia Urgulanilla, although Drusus died before she was born. Her elder half-sister was Claudia Antonia, Claudius's daughter through his second marriage to Aelia Paetina. She had older half-siblings through her father's earlier marriages. Octavia was the elder of two children of Claudius and his third wife, Valeria Messalina. When this led to a public outcry, he had her executed. When his mistress, Poppaea Sabina, became pregnant, he divorced and banished Octavia. Octavia was popular with the Roman people, but Nero hated their marriage. She also became his wife, in a marriage between the two which was arranged by Agrippina. After her mother's death and father's remarriage to her cousin Agrippina the Younger, she became the stepsister of the future Emperor Nero. She was the daughter of the Emperor Claudius and Valeria Messalina. Claudia Octavia (late 39 or early 40 – June 9, AD 62) was a Roman empress.
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