III, King of Pontus Mithradates 
III, King of Pontus' father was King of Pontus Ariobarzanes. His paternal grandparents were II, King of Pontus Mithradates and Laodice SELEUCEIA Princess Seleuceia. He was an only child. III, King of Pontus is no longer alive.General Notes
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Birth: in c. 220 - 185 BC 1
Event: Ancestor M
Event: Ruled 250 - 220 BC, King of Pontus 1
Note:
Mithradates III was very young when he succeeded his father,
Ariobarzanes, c. 255 B.C. Early in his reign the Gauls (people of
Galatia] invaded Pontus. Mithradates was at the battle of Ancyra (c.
240), in which he assisted Antiochus Hierax against his brother Seleucus
Callinicus. His wife, their sister Laodice, had brought him Greater
Phrygia as her dowry; and his daughter, also named Laodice, married
Antiochus the Great. He attacked Sinope (c. 220), but it was not taken
until after his death (c. 185). His son and successor Pharnaces I took
Sinope (which he made the capital of the kingdom instead of Amasia) and
tried also to extend his power into the Chersonesus Taurica
They had a son and a daughter, named I, King of Pontus and III, Princess of Pontus.
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