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Hmayeak Mamikonian1

M, #11151


Father Prince Artavazd Mamikonian1
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Family
Child
  1. Artavazd Mamikonian

Last Edited 24 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 81-3.

Artavazd Mamikonian1

M, #11152


Father Hmayeak Mamikonian1
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Event-Misc* Migrated to Georgia in 774 at Georgia.1 
Title* Artavazd Mamikonian held the title of Byzantine Stratgus of the Anatolians in 778.1 

Family
Child
  1. Marinos (?)

Last Edited 24 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 81-4.

Marinos (?)1

M, #11153


Father Artavazd Mamikonian1
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Marriage* Marinos (?) married Theoctiste-Florine (?).1 

Family Theoctiste-Florine (?)
Child
  1. Saint Theodora (?)

Last Edited 24 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 81-5.

Theoctiste-Florine (?)1

F, #11154


Marriage* Theoctiste-Florine (?) married Marinos (?), son of Artavazd Mamikonian.1 

Family Marinos (?)
Child
  1. Saint Theodora (?)

Last Edited 24 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 81-5.

Moushegh Mamikonian1

M, #11155


Father Hamazasp III Mamikonian1 d. circa 660
Mother Anonyma (?)1
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Name Variation Moushegh Mamikonian was also styled Mushel.2 
Marriage* He married (?) Kamsarakan.2 
Title* He held the title of Sparapet.1 

Family (?) Kamsarakan
Child
  1. Count Hrahat Mamikonian

Last Edited 24 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 82-1.
  2. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 82-2.

(?) Kamsarakan1

F, #11156


Marriage* (?) Kamsarakan married Moushegh Mamikonian, son of Hamazasp III Mamikonian and Anonyma (?).1 

Family Moushegh Mamikonian
Child
  1. Count Hrahat Mamikonian

Last Edited 14 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 82-2.

Count Hrahat Mamikonian1

M, #11157


Mother (?) Kamsarakan1
Father Moushegh Mamikonian1
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Note* Possibly brother rather than son of Moushegh.1 

Family
Child
  1. Shoushan Mamikonian d. a 735

Last Edited 14 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 82-3.

Shoushan Mamikonian1

F, d. after 735, #11158


Father Count Hrahat Mamikonian1
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Name Variation Shoushan Mamikonian was also styled Susanne.1 
Marriage* She married Artavazd Kamsarakan.1 
Death* She died after 735.1 

Family Artavazd Kamsarakan d. before 735
Child
  1. Prince Nerses Kamsarakan d. 785

Last Edited 14 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 82-4.

Artavazd Kamsarakan1

M, d. before 735, #11159


Marriage* Artavazd Kamsarakan married Shoushan Mamikonian, daughter of Count Hrahat Mamikonian.1 
Death* He died before 735.1 

Family Shoushan Mamikonian d. after 735
Child
  1. Prince Nerses Kamsarakan d. 785

Last Edited 10 May 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 82-4.

Prince Nerses Kamsarakan1

M, d. 785, #11160


Father Artavazd Kamsarakan1 d. before 735
Mother Shoushan Mamikonian1 d. after 735
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Death* Prince Nerses Kamsarakan died in 785.1 

Family
Child
  1. Quaestor Arshavir Kamsarakan

Last Edited 10 May 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 82-5.

Quaestor Arshavir Kamsarakan1

M, #11161


Father Prince Nerses Kamsarakan1 d. 785
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Title* Quaestor Arshavir Kamsarakan held the title of anti-Emperor in 808.1 

Family
Child
  1. Theodosia Kamsarakan

Last Edited 10 May 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 82-6.

Theodosia Kamsarakan1

F, #11162


Father Quaestor Arshavir Kamsarakan1
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Marriage* Theodosia Kamsarakan married Emperor Leo V of Byzantium.1 

Family Emperor Leo V of Byzantium d. Christmas Day 820
Child
  1. Anonyma (?)

Last Edited 10 May 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 82-7.

Emperor Leo V of Byzantium1

M, d. Christmas Day 820, #11163


Marriage* Emperor Leo V of Byzantium married Theodosia Kamsarakan, daughter of Quaestor Arshavir Kamsarakan.1 
Event-Misc* He deposed the unpopular Emperor Michael I in 813.1 
Crowned* He was crowned in 813. 
Death* He died assassinated Christmas Day 820 at Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, Byzantium.1 
Note* Pushed back the Bulgars. He reinstated the iconoclastic policy, forbidding the use of sacred images in churches.1 

Family Theodosia Kamsarakan
Child
  1. Anonyma (?)

Last Edited 10 May 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 82-7.

Anonyma (?)1

F, #11164


Father Emperor Leo V of Byzantium1 d. Christmas Day 820
Mother Theodosia Kamsarakan1
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Marriage* Anonyma (?) married Maiactes (?).1 

Family Maiactes (?)
Child
  1. Constantine (?)

Last Edited 28 May 2005

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 82-8.

Maiactes (?)1

M, #11165


Name Variation Maiactes (?) was also styled Hmayeak (?).1 
Marriage* He married Anonyma (?), daughter of Emperor Leo V of Byzantium and Theodosia Kamsarakan.1 
Note* Perhaps a Mamikonian.1 

Family Anonyma (?)
Child
  1. Constantine (?)

Last Edited 10 May 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 82-8.

Constantine (?)1

M, #11166


Father Maiactes (?)1
Mother Anonyma (?)1
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Marriage* Constantine (?) married Pancalo (?).1 

Family Pancalo (?)
Child
  1. Emperor Basil I of Byzantium b. c 831, d. 887

Last Edited 10 May 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 82-9.

Pancalo (?)1

F, #11167


Marriage* Pancalo (?) married Constantine (?), son of Maiactes (?) and Anonyma (?).1 

Family Constantine (?)
Child
  1. Emperor Basil I of Byzantium b. c 831, d. 887

Last Edited 10 May 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 82-9.

Great King Cyrus of Persia "the Great"1

M, d. 530 BC, #11168


Title* Great King Cyrus of Persia "the Great" held the title of King of Anshan 559 BC. 
Name Variation Great King Cyrus of Persia "the Great" was also styled Kurush II.1 
Marriage* He married Cassandane (?), daughter of Pharnaspes (?) and Atossa (?).1 
Death* He died 530 BC.1 
Crowned* He was crowned King of Persia 550 BC.1 
Event-Misc* Conquered Babylonia and freed the Jews.1 

Family Cassandane (?)
Child
  1. Atossa (?)

Last Edited 24 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 90-1.

Cassandane (?)1

F, #11169


Father Pharnaspes (?)1
Mother Atossa (?)1
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Marriage* Cassandane (?) married Great King Cyrus of Persia "the Great".1 

Family Great King Cyrus of Persia "the Great" d. 530 BC
Child
  1. Atossa (?)

Last Edited 24 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 90-1.

Pharnaspes (?)1

M, #11170


Marriage* Pharnaspes (?) married Atossa (?).1 

Family Atossa (?)
Child
  1. Cassandane (?)

Last Edited 24 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 90-1.

Atossa (?)1

F, #11171


Marriage* Atossa (?) married Pharnaspes (?).1 

Family Pharnaspes (?)
Child
  1. Cassandane (?)

Last Edited 24 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 90-1.

Atossa (?)1

F, #11172


Mother Cassandane (?)1
Father Great King Cyrus of Persia "the Great"1 d. 530 BC
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Marriage* Atossa (?) married King Darius I of Persia.1 

Family King Darius I of Persia d. 486 BCE
Child
  1. King Xerxes I of Persia d. BC 465

Last Edited 24 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 90-1.

King Darius I of Persia1

M, d. 486 BCE, #11173


Name Variation King Darius I of Persia was also styled Darayavahush.2 
Marriage* He married Atossa (?), daughter of Great King Cyrus of Persia "the Great" and Cassandane (?).1 
Death* He died 486 BCE.1 
Note* Seized the throne from an impersonator. Conquered the Indus valley.2 
Event-Misc* Defeated at the Battle of Marathon by the Greeks. 9 sep BC 490 at Marathon, Greece.2 
Title* He held the title of Great King of Persia BC 522-486.2 

Family Atossa (?)
Child
  1. King Xerxes I of Persia d. BC 465

Last Edited 24 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 90-1.
  2. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 90-2.

King Xerxes I of Persia1

M, d. BC 465, #11174


Father King Darius I of Persia1 d. 486 BCE
Mother Atossa (?)1
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Marriage* King Xerxes I of Persia married Amestris (?), daughter of Otanes (?).1 
Death* He died BC 465.1 
Event-Misc* Defeated by the Greeks at the Battle of Salamis BC 480 at Straits of Salamis, Greece.1 

Family Amestris (?)
Child
  1. King Artaxerxes I of Persia d. 424 BC

Last Edited 24 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 90-3.

Amestris (?)1

F, #11175


Father Otanes (?)1
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Marriage* Amestris (?) married King Xerxes I of Persia, son of King Darius I of Persia and Atossa (?).1 

Family King Xerxes I of Persia d. BC 465
Child
  1. King Artaxerxes I of Persia d. 424 BC

Last Edited 24 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 90-3.

Otanes (?)1

M, #11176


Family
Child
  1. Amestris (?)

Last Edited 24 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 90-3.

King Artaxerxes I of Persia1

M, d. 424 BC, #11177


Mother Amestris (?)1
Father King Xerxes I of Persia1 d. BC 465
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Marriage* King Artaxerxes I of Persia married Kosmartydene (?) a Babylonian concubine.1 
Marriage* He married Andia (?) a Babylonian concubine.1 
Death* He died 424 BC.1 
Title* He held the title of Great King of Persia BC 465-424.2 

Family 1 Andia (?)
Child
  1. Parysatis (?)

Family 2 Kosmartydene (?)
Child
  1. Darius II of Persia Ochus (Bastard) d. BC 404

Last Edited 24 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 90-4.
  2. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 90-5.

Kosmartydene (?)1

F, #11178


Marriage* Kosmartydene (?) married King Artaxerxes I of Persia, son of King Xerxes I of Persia and Amestris (?), a Babylonian concubine.1 

Family King Artaxerxes I of Persia d. 424 BC
Child
  1. Darius II of Persia Ochus (Bastard) d. BC 404

Last Edited 24 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 90-4.

Andia (?)1

F, #11179


Marriage* Andia (?) married King Artaxerxes I of Persia, son of King Xerxes I of Persia and Amestris (?), a Babylonian concubine.1 

Family King Artaxerxes I of Persia d. 424 BC
Child
  1. Parysatis (?)

Last Edited 24 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 90-4.

Darius II of Persia Ochus (Bastard)1

M, d. BC 404, #11180


Father King Artaxerxes I of Persia1 d. 424 BC
Mother Kosmartydene (?)1
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Marriage* Darius II of Persia Ochus (Bastard) married Parysatis (?), daughter of King Artaxerxes I of Persia and Andia (?).1 
Death* He died BC 404.1 
Note* His reign was marked by corruption.1 
Title* He held the title of Great King of Persia. BC 423-404.1 

Family Parysatis (?)
Child
  1. King Artaxerxes II of Persia d. BC 359

Last Edited 24 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 90-5.

Parysatis (?)1

F, #11181


Father King Artaxerxes I of Persia1 d. 424 BC
Mother Andia (?)1
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Marriage* Parysatis (?) married Darius II of Persia Ochus (Bastard), son of King Artaxerxes I of Persia and Kosmartydene (?).1 
Note* Was an ambitious and brutal woman who (together with the court eunuchs) dominated her half-brother/husband and later, her son.1 

Family Darius II of Persia Ochus (Bastard) d. BC 404
Child
  1. King Artaxerxes II of Persia d. BC 359

Last Edited 24 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 90-5.

King Artaxerxes II of Persia1

M, d. BC 359, #11182


Father Darius II of Persia Ochus (Bastard)1 d. BC 404
Mother Parysatis (?)1
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Name Variation King Artaxerxes II of Persia was also styled Artakhshassa II.1 
Marriage* He married Stateira (?), daughter of Hydarnes (?).1 
Death* He died BC 359.1 
(Witness) Event-Misc He was a witness when Menon III (?) was led a Thessalian force in the Expedition of the Ten Thosand supporting the rebillion of Cyrus the Younger against his brother Artaxerxes II, King of Persia.2 

Family Stateira (?)
Child
  1. Apama (?) d. between BC 387 and 362

Last Edited 24 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 90-6.
  2. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 100-7.

Stateira (?)1

F, #11183


Father Hydarnes (?)1
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Marriage* Stateira (?) married King Artaxerxes II of Persia, son of Darius II of Persia Ochus (Bastard) and Parysatis (?).1 

Family King Artaxerxes II of Persia d. BC 359
Child
  1. Apama (?) d. between BC 387 and 362

Last Edited 24 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 90-6.

Hydarnes (?)1

M, #11184


Family
Child
  1. Stateira (?)

Last Edited 24 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 90-6.

Apama (?)1

F, d. between BC 387 and 362, #11185


Mother Stateira (?)1
Father King Artaxerxes II of Persia1 d. BC 359
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Marriage* Apama (?) married Pharnabazus II (?).1 
Death* She died between BC 387 and 362.1 

Family Pharnabazus II (?) d. between BC 374 and 367
Child
  1. Anonyma (?)

Last Edited 24 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 90-7.

Pharnabazus II (?)1

M, d. between BC 374 and 367, #11186


Marriage* Pharnabazus II (?) married Apama (?), daughter of King Artaxerxes II of Persia and Stateira (?).1 
Death* He died between BC 374 and 367.1 
Event-Misc* Defeated the Spartan navy with the help of Athens. BC 394.1 
Title* He held the title of Satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia and Dascylium between BC 414 and c 390.1 

Family Apama (?) d. between BC 387 and 362
Child
  1. Anonyma (?)

Last Edited 24 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 90-7.

Anonyma (?)1

F, #11187


Father Pharnabazus II (?)1 d. between BC 374 and 367
Mother Apama (?)1 d. between BC 387 and 362
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Marriage* Anonyma (?) married Anonymus (?).1 

Family Anonymus (?)
Child
  1. Spitamenes (?) d. BC 328

Last Edited 28 May 2005

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 90-8.

Anonymus (?)1

M, #11188


Marriage* Anonymus (?) married Anonyma (?), daughter of Pharnabazus II (?) and Apama (?).1 

Family Anonyma (?)
Child
  1. Spitamenes (?) d. BC 328

Last Edited 28 May 2005

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 90-8.

Spitamenes (?)1

M, d. BC 328, #11189


Father Anonymus (?)1
Mother Anonyma (?)1
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Death* Spitamenes (?) died BC 328.1 
Title* He held the title of Satrap of Bactria.1 

Family
Child
  1. Apama (?)

Last Edited 24 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 90-9.

Apama (?)1

F, #11190


Father Spitamenes (?)1 d. BC 328
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Marriage* Apama (?) married Seleucus I Nicator, son of Antiochus of Macedon.1 

Family Seleucus I Nicator b. c BC 344, d. BC 281
Child
  1. Antiochus I Soter b. c BC 323, d. BC 261

Last Edited 24 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 91-1.

Seleucus I Nicator1

M, b. c BC 344, d. BC 281, #11191


 
 

Father Antiochus of Macedon2
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Biography* He was the founder of the Seleucid Dynasty, ruling in Asia from 312 to 65 BC. as a young man of about twenty-three, accompanied Alexander into Asia in 333, and won distinction in the Indian campaign of 326. When the Macedonian empire was divided in 323, Seleucus was given the office of chiliarch, which attached him closely to the person of the regent Perdiccas. Seleucus. himself had a hand in the murder of Perdiccas in 321. At the second partition, at Triparadisus (321), Seleucus was given the government of the Babylonian satrapy. In 316, when Antigonus had made himself master of the eastern provinces, Seleucus felt himself threatened and fled to Egypt. In the war which followed between Antigonus and the other Macedonian chiefs, Seleucus actively co-operated with Ptolemy and commanded Egyptian squadrons in the Aegean. The victory won by Ptolemy at Gaza in 312 opened the way for Seleucus to return to the east. His return to Babylon in that year was afterwards officially regarded as the beginning of the Seleucid empire. Master of Babylonia, Seleucus at once proceeded to wrest the neighbouring provinces of Persist Susiana and Media from the nominees of Antigonus. A raid into Babylonia conducted in 311 by Demetrius, son of Antigonus, did not seriously check Seleucus's progress. Whilst Antigonus was occupied in the west, Seleucus during nine years (311-302) brought under his authority the whole eastern part of Alexander's empire as far as the Jaxartes and Indus. In 305, after the extinction of the old royal line of Macedonia, Seleucus, like the other four Principal Macedonian chiefs, assumed the style of king. His attempt, however, to restore Macedonian rule beyond the Indus, where the native Chandragupta had established himself, was not successful. Seleucus entered the Punjab, but felt himself obliged in 302 to conclude a peace with Chandragupta, by which he ceded large districts of Afghanistan in return for 500 elephants. The pressing need for Seleucus once more to take the field against Antigonus was at any rate in large measure the cause of his abandonment of India. In 301 he joined Lysimachus in Asia
Minor. The possession of Syria gave him an opening to the Mediterranean, and he immediately founded here the new city of Antioch upon the Orontes as his
chief seat of government. His previous
capital had been the city of Seleucia which he had founded upon the
Tigris (almost coinciding in site with Bagdad), and this continued to be the
capital for the eastern satrapies. About 293 he installed his son Antiochus there as viceroy, the vast extent of the empire seeming to require a
double government. The capture of Demetrius in 285 added to Seleucus's prestige. The unpopularity of Lysimachus after the murder of Agathocles gave Seleucus an opportunity for removing his last rival. His intervention in the west was solicited by Ptolemy, Ceraunus, who, on the accession to the Egyptian throne of his brother Ptolemy II. (285), had at first taken refuge with Lysimachus and then with Seleucus. War between Seleucus and Lysimachus broke out, and on the field of Corupedion in
Lydia Lysimachus fell (281). Seleucus now saw the whole empire of Alexander, Egypt alone excepted, in his hands, and moved to take possession of Macedonia and Thrace. He intended to leave Asia to Antiochus and content himself for the remainder of his days with the Macedonian kingdom in its old limits. He had, however, hardly crossed into the Chersonese when he was assassinated by Ptolemy Ceraunus near Lysimachia (281).3 
Occupation* Seleucus I Nicator was was general to Alexander the Great.1 
Marriage* He married Apama (?), daughter of Spitamenes (?).1 
Marriage* He married Stratonice (?), daughter of Demetrius I Poliorcetes of Macedonia, her first husband.4 
Birth* He was born c BC 344.2 
Title* He held the title of King of Syria BC 306-281.1 
Death* He died BC 281.1 

Family 1
Child
  1. Achaeus I of Syria

Family 2 Apama (?)
Marriage* He married Apama (?), daughter of Spitamenes (?).1 
Child
  1. Antiochus I Soter b. c BC 323, d. BC 261

Family 3 Stratonice (?) d. BC 253
Marriage* He married Stratonice (?), daughter of Demetrius I Poliorcetes of Macedonia, her first husband.4 

Last Edited 24 May 2005

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 91-1.
  2. [S348] Wikipedia, online http://en.wikipedia.org/, Sub Seleucus I Nicator.
  3. [S356] Selucid Empire, Encyclopædia Britannica,,v. 24, p. 604.
  4. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 91-2.

Antiochus I Soter1

M, b. c BC 323, d. BC 261, #11192


 

Father Seleucus I Nicator1 b. c BC 344, d. BC 281
Mother Apama (?)1
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Biography* He was half a Persian, his mother Apame being one of those eastern princesses whom Alexander had given as wives to his generals in 324. On the assassination of his father (281), the task of holding together the empire was a formidable one, and a revolt in Syria broke out almost immediately. With his father's murderer,
Ptolemy, Antiochus was soon compelled to make peace, abandoning apparently Macedonia and Thrace. In Asia
Minorhe was unable to reduce Bithynia or the Persian dynasties which ruled in Cappadocia. In 278 the Gauls broke into Asia Minor, and a victory which Antiochus won over these hordes is said to have been the origin of his title of Soter(Gr. for " saviour "). At the end of 275 the question of Palestine, which had been open between the houses of Seleucus and Ptolemy since the partition of 301, led to hostilities (the " First Syrian War "). It had been continuously in Ptolemaic occupation, but the house of Seleucus maintained its claim. War did not materially
change the out-lines of the two kingdoms, though frontier cities like Damascus and the coast districts of Asia Minor might change hands. About 262 Antiochus tried to break the growing power of Pergamum by force of arms, but suffered defeat near Sardis and died soon afterwards (262). His eldest son Seleucus, who had ruled in the east as viceroy from 275 (?) till 268/7, was put to death in that year by his father on the charge of rebellion (Wace, J.H.S. xxv., 1905, p. 101 f.). He was succeeded (261) by his second son ANTIOCHUS II. THEOS (286-246), whose mother was the Macedonian princess Stratonice, daughter of Demetrius Poliorcetes. War with Egypt still went on along the coasts of Asia Minor (the " Second Syrian War "). Antiochus also made some attempt to get a footing in Thrace. About 250 peace was concluded between Antiochus and Ptolemy II., Antiochus repudiating his wife Laodice and marrying Ptolemy's daughter Berenice, but by 246 Antiochus had left Berenice and her infant son in Antioch to live again with Laodice in Asia Minor. Laodice poisoned him and proclaimed her son SELEUCUS II. CALLINICUS(reigned 246-227) king, whilst her partisans at Antioch made away with Berenice and her son. Berenice's brother, Ptolemy III., who had just succeeded to the Egyptian throne, at once invaded the Seleucid realm and marched victoriously to the Tigris or beyond, receiving the submission of the eastern provinces, whilst his fleets swept the coasts of Asia Minor. In the interior of Asia Minor Seleucus maintained himself, and when Ptolemy returned to Egypt he recovered Northern Syria and the nearer provinces of Iran. In Asia Minor his younger brother Antiochus Hierax was put up against him by a party to which Laodice herself adhered. At Ancyra (about 235 ?) Seleucus sustained a crushing defeat and left the country beyond the Taurus to his brother and the other powers of the peninsula. Of these Pergamum now rose to greatness under Attalus I., and Antiochus Hierax perished as a fugitive in Thrace in 228/7. A year later Seleucus was killed by a fall from his horse. His elder son, SELEUCUS III. SOTER (reigned 227-223), took up the task of reconquering Asia Minor from Attalus, but fell by a conspiracy in his own camp.2 
Marriage* Antiochus I Soter married Stratonice (?), daughter of Demetrius I Poliorcetes of Macedonia.1 
Note* Fought against the Macedonians, Celts, and Egyptians.1 
Birth* He was born c BC 323.1 
Title* He held the title of King of Syria BC 281-261.1 
Death* He died BC 261.1 

Family Stratonice (?) d. BC 253
Children
  1. Antiochus II Theos d. BC 246
  2. Seleucus (?) d. BC 268
  3. Apama (?) b. circa BC 292

Last Edited 25 May 2005

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 91-2.
  2. [S356] Selucid Empire, Encyclopædia Britannica,,v. 24, p. 604.

Stratonice (?)1

F, d. BC 253, #11193


Father Demetrius I Poliorcetes of Macedonia1
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Marriage* Stratonice (?) married Seleucus I Nicator, son of Antiochus of Macedon, her first husband.1 
Marriage* She married Antiochus I Soter, son of Seleucus I Nicator and Apama (?).1 
Death* She died BC 253.1 

Family 1 Antiochus I Soter b. c BC 323, d. BC 261
Children
  1. Antiochus II Theos d. BC 246
  2. Seleucus (?) d. BC 268
  3. Apama (?) b. circa BC 292

Family 2 Seleucus I Nicator b. c BC 344, d. BC 281

Last Edited 25 May 2005

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 91-2.

Demetrius I Poliorcetes of Macedonia1

M, #11194


 

Father Antigonus (?)2
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HTML* Br Weblinks:;
Demetrius by Plutarch. 
Title* Demetrius I Poliorcetes of Macedonia held the title of King of Macedonia.3 

Family 1
Child
  1. Demetrius the Fair d. circa BC 0249

Family 2
Child
  1. Stratonice (?) d. BC 253

Last Edited 25 May 2005

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 91-2.
  2. [S362] Plutarch, Plutarch's Lives, sub Demetrius.
  3. [S356] Selucid Empire, Encyclopædia Britannica,,v. 24, p. 604.

Antiochus II Theos1

M, d. BC 246, #11195


 

Mother Stratonice (?)1 d. BC 253
Father Antiochus I Soter1 b. c BC 323, d. BC 261
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Biography* His mother was the Macedonian princess Stratonice, daughter of Demetrius Poliorcetes. War with Egypt still went on along the coasts of Asia Minor (the " Second Syrian War "). Antiochus also made some attempt to get a footing in Thrace. About 250 peace was concluded between Antiochus and Ptolemy II., Antiochus repudiating his wife Laodice and marrying Ptolemy's daughter Berenice, but by 246 Antiochus had left Berenice and her infant son in Antioch to live again with Laodice in Asia Minor. Laodice poisoned him and proclaimed her son SELEUCUS II. CALLINICUS(reigned 246-227) king, whilst her partisans at Antioch made away with Berenice and her son.2 
Marriage* Antiochus II Theos married Laodice (?), daughter of Achaeus I of Syria.1 
Marriage* He married second Berenice Phernophorus, daughter of Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoe I (?), summer BC 252.3 
Death* He died |He was poisoned by his 1st wife, Laodice BC 246.1,2 

Family 1 Berenice Phernophorus b. c BC 275, d. c Sep BC 246
Child
  1. Antiochus (?) d. c Sep BC 246

Family 2
Child
  1. Laodice (?)

Family 3 Laodice (?)
Child
  1. Seleucus II Callinicus d. BC 226

Last Edited 25 May 2005

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 91-3.
  2. [S356] Selucid Empire, Encyclopædia Britannica,,v. 24, p. 604.
  3. [S357] Chris Bennett, The Ptolemaic Dynasty, online http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Egypt/ptolemies/ptolemies.htm.

Laodice (?)1

F, #11196


Father Achaeus I of Syria1
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Marriage* Laodice (?) married first Antiochus II Theos, son of Antiochus I Soter and Stratonice (?).1 

Family Antiochus II Theos d. BC 246
Child
  1. Seleucus II Callinicus d. BC 226

Last Edited 24 Oct 2003

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 91-3.

Achaeus I of Syria1

M, #11197


Father Seleucus I Nicator1 b. c BC 344, d. BC 281
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Family
Children
  1. Laodice (?)
  2. Andromachus (?)

Last Edited 19 May 2005

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 91-3.

Seleucus II Callinicus1

M, d. BC 226, #11198


 

Mother Laodice (?)1
Father Antiochus II Theos1 d. BC 246
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Biography* His mother poisoned his father and proclaimed him king, whilst her partisans at Antioch made away with Berenice and her son. Berenice's brother, Ptolemy III., who had just succeeded to the Egyptian throne, at once invaded the Seleucid realm and marched victoriously to the Tigris or beyond, receiving the submission of the eastern provinces, whilst his fleets swept the coasts of Asia Minor. In the interior of Asia Minor Seleucus maintained himself, and when Ptolemy returned to Egypt he recovered Northern Syria and the nearer provinces of Iran. In Asia Minor his younger brother Antiochus Hierax was put up against him by a party to which Laodice herself adhered. At Ancyra (about 235 ?) Seleucus sustained a crushing defeat and left the country beyond the Taurus to his brother and the other powers of the peninsula. Of these Pergamum now rose to greatness under Attalus I., and Antiochus Hierax perished as a fugitive in Thrace in 228/7. A year later Seleucus was killed by a fall from his horse. His elder son, SELEUCUS III. SOTER (reigned 227-223), took up the task of reconquering Asia Minor from Attalus, but fell by a conspiracy in his own camp.2 
Marriage* Seleucus II Callinicus married Laodice (?), daughter of Andromachus (?).1 
Note* Fought against Ptolemy III and his own younger brother.1 
Title* He held the title of King of Syria BC 246-226.1 
Death* He died |in a fall from a horse. BC 226.1,2 

Family Laodice (?)
Children
  1. Seleucus III Soter d. BC 223
  2. Antiochus III Megas ("the Great") b. BC 241, d. BC 187

Last Edited 19 May 2005

Citations
  1. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 91-4.
  2. [S356] Selucid Empire, Encyclopædia Britannica,,v. 24, p. 604.

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