King Seleucus Philopator IV of Syria 
Seleucus was born in 0220 BC. Seleucus' father was King Antiochus Megas III of Syria and his mother is Princess Laodice III of Pontus. His paternal grandfather was King Seleucus Callinicus II of Syria and his paternal grandmother is Laodice II of Syria; his maternal grandfather was King Mithradates II of Pontus and his maternal grandmother is Laodice of Syria. He had two brothers and three sisters, named Artioches, Antiochus, Cleopatra, Laodice and Laodice. He died in 0175 BC.General Notes
King of Syria
Seleucus IV Philopator reigned from 187 BC to 176 BC over the Seleucid kingdom consisting of Syria (now including Cilicia and Palestine), Mesopotamia, Babylonia and Nearer Iran (Media and Persia).
He was compelled by financial necessities, created in part by the heavy war-indemnity exacted by Rome, to pursue an ambitious policy and was assassinated by his minister Heliodorus.
The true heir, Demetrius, son of Seleucus, now being retained in Rome as a hostage, the kingdom was seized by the younger brother of Seleucus, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, even though an infant son, also named Antiochus, was formal head of state for a few years until Epiphanes had him murdered.
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They had a son named Demetrius.
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