King Antiochus Theos ("the Divine") II of Syria 
Antiochus Theos, known as "the Divine", was born in 0287 BC. "the Divine"'s father was King Antiochus ("the Preserver") I of Syria and his mother is Princess Stratonice Antigonid I of Macedonia. His paternal grandfather was King Seleucus Nicator I of Syria and his paternal grandmother is Princess Apama II of Bactria; his maternal grandparents were King Demetrius Poliocertes I of Macedonia and Phila I of Macedonia. He had a half-brother and two half-sisters, named Antiochus, Apama and Phila. He died due to murdered by his 1st wife, Laodice in 0246 BC.General Notes
Note: Antiochus II, called Theos ("the divine") (circa 287-246 bc),king of Syria (261-246 bc), son and successor of Antiochus I.The citizens of Miletus, in Asia Minor, called him Theos afterhe freed them from the tyrant Timarchus (flourished 3d centurybc) in 258 bc. Having fought a long and costly war (260-255 bc)against Ptolemy II, king of Egypt, Antiochus won back most ofthe territories his father had lost, only to be defeated in 250bc by his own satrap, or provincial governor, Diodotus I(reigned about 256-235 bc), who seized the Syrian province ofBactria. Subsequently, Antiochus also lost the province ofParthia to the Parthian dynasty of the Arsacids.
* Married: in Bef 265 BC
* Marriage fact: in Abt. 253 BC, In order to marry Ptolemy's daughers as settlement of the war with Egypt.
* Marriage Ending Status: Divorce
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.dd MMM 412 BC in Macadonia
- b.dd MMM 0380 BC
- b.dd MMM 0358 BC in Europus, Macedonia d.dd MMM 0281 BC in Lysimachia, Thrace
- b.dd MMM 0375 BC
- b.dd MMM 0324 BC d.dd MMM 0261 BC
- b.dd MMM 0365 BC d.dd MMM 0328 BC
- b.dd MMM 0340 BC
- d.dd MMM 0387 BC
- b.dd MMM 0385 BC d.dd MMM 0325 BC
- b.dd MMM 0410 BC
- b.dd MMM 0360 BC
- b.dd MMM 0287 BC d.dd MMM 0246 BC
- b.dd MMM 0382 BC d.dd MMM 0301 BC in in battle at Ipsus, Phrygia, Asia Minor
- d.dd MMM 0283 BC
- b.dd MMM 0400 BC in Macedonia
- b.dd MMM 0370 BC
- b.dd MMM 0400 BC d.dd MMM 0319 BC
- d.dd MMM 0287 BC
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"the Divine" and Laodice were married in a religious ceremony. They had a daughter named Stratonice.
He had a biological son named Seleucus.
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