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Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. (Dareios) Of Medie Birth: 35 BC
  2. Iotapi Of Medie
  3. Ariobarzanes II King Of Medie, King Of Armenia Birth: 40 BC Death: 4 AD
  4. Kleopatra

Bibliography
  1. Bennett, Chris, Egyptian Royal Genealogy - Ptolemaic Dynasty, 2005. Available at http://www.geocities.com/christopherjbennett/ptolemies/ptolemaic_contents.htm, visited 5/12/2005. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies .*].
  2. Mommaerts, T Stanford, Ancient Genealogy chart - Ansbertus. Available at http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/ancient_genealogy/files/ansbertus.gif, version of 4/11/2005. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Mommaerts chart-Ansbertus-Main].
  3. Mommaerts, T Stanford, Ancient Genealogy chart - Arsakunik. Available at http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/ancient_genealogy/files/arsakunik.gif, version of 4/28/2005. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Mommaerts chart-Arsakunik].
  4. Settipani, Christian, Nos Ancetres de L'Antiquite, Etudes des possibilites de liens genealogiques entre les familles de l'Antiquite. Paris: Editions Christian, 1991. NYPL #ARB-93-7430. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Settipani LGA p[0-9]*].
  5. Settipani, Christian, Continuite Gentilice et Continuite Familiale Dans Les Familles Senatoriales Romaines, A L'Epoque Imperiale, Mythe et Realite. Linacre, UK: Prosopographica et Genealogica, 2000. ILL. NYPL ASY (Rome) 03-983. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Settipani RomSen p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Settipani LGA p94],
parents:
[Ref: Mommaerts chart-Ansbertus-Main]
dotted line to Antiochos I & Isias [Ref: Settipani RomSen p448],
father:
[Ref: Mommaerts chart-Arsakunik]
dotted line on chart [Ref: Settipani LGA p94]
Sources with Information about marriage to Artavasdes King Of Medie
names:
Artavasdes & dotted line dau Antiochos I and Isias [Ref: Settipani RomSen p448]
Artavasdes & dotted line daughter of Antiochos I [Ref: Settipani LGA p94]
Artavasdes & dotted line daughter of Antiochus I [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Aff-Descendants]
Artavazd I & (Iotape?) of Kommagene dau Antiochos I [Ref: Mommaerts chart-Ansbertus-Main, Mommaerts chart-Arsakunik],
child:
[Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Aff-Descendants, Mommaerts chart-Ansbertus-Main, Mommaerts chart-Arsakunik, Settipani LGA p94, Settipani RomSen p448]
Research Notes:
Text of Strabon, c.18/19, "Of the during proclaims king, Atropates organized the Medie in independant state and the dynasty originating from himself maintained there even has our days, its successors having known to contract marriages with the Armenian royal families and of Syria, and mor recently of Persia." [Ref: Settipani LGA p90]

Marriage with Armenien royal family was in 67 BC, Mithridates King of Medie with a daughter of Tigranes II King of Armenia. [Ref: Settipani LGA p93]

Marriage with Persian royal family was a daughter of Phraates IV and a son of Artavasdes in c.15. [Ref: Settipani LGA p91]

Marriage with Kings of Syria situated between 67 BC and 15 BC. Best choice is Artavasdes & daughter of Antiochos I (King of Kommagene), indicated by the daughter named Iotapei (who married Mithridates III of Kommagene) [Ref: Settipani LGA p93]



Pedigree of (Unk Dau) Of Kommagene
                                                                /-----Orontes III King Of Armenia
                                                       /-----Samos I King Of Armenia
                                              /-----Arsames King Of Armenia
                                     /-----Orontes IV King Of Armenia
                            /-----Ptolemaios King Of Kommagene
                   /-----Samus I Theosebes Dikaios King Of Kommagene
          /-----Mithridates I Kallinikos King Of Kommagene
         |         \-----Isias Philostorgos
 /-----Antiochos I Theos Dikaios Epiphanes King Of Kommagene
|        |                                                      /-----Seleucus II Callincus King Of Syria
|        |                                             /-----Antiochus III King Of Syria
|        |                                            |         \-----Laodice
|        |                                    /-----Seleucus IV Philopator King Of Syria
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Mithradates II King Of Pont
|        |                                   |         \-----Laodice
|        |                                   |                  \-----Laodice
|        |                           /-----Demetrius I Soter King Of Syria
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Demetrios II King Of Macedonia
|        |                          |        |         /-----Phillip V King Of Macedonia
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Phthia Of Epire
|        |                          |         \-----Laodike IV
|        |                  /-----Demetrios II King Of Syria
|        |                 |         \-----Laodike V
|        |         /-----Antiochus VIII King Of Syria
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Ptolemy III Euergetes Tryphon King Of Egypt
|        |        |        |                           /-----Ptolemy IV Philopator King Of Egypt
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Berenice II
|        |        |        |                  /-----Ptolemy V Epiphanes Eucharistos King Of Egypt
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Ptolemy III Euergetes Tryphon King Of Egypt
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Arsinoe III
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Berenice II
|        |        |        |         /-----Ptolemy VI Philometor King Of Egypt
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Seleucus II Callincus King Of Syria
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Antiochus III King Of Syria
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Laodice
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Cleopatra I
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Mithradates II King Of Pont
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Laodice
|        |        |        |        |                           \-----Laodice
|        |        |         \-----Cleopatra Thea Eueteria
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Ptolemy III Euergetes Tryphon King Of Egypt
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Ptolemy IV Philopator King Of Egypt
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Berenice II
|        |        |                 |         /-----Ptolemy V Epiphanes Eucharistos King Of Egypt
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Ptolemy III Euergetes Tryphon King Of Egypt
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Arsinoe III
|        |        |                 |        |                  \-----Berenice II
|        |        |                  \-----Cleopatra II
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Seleucus II Callincus King Of Syria
|        |        |                          |         /-----Antiochus III King Of Syria
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----Laodice
|        |        |                           \-----Cleopatra I
|        |        |                                   |         /-----Mithradates II King Of Pont
|        |        |                                    \-----Laodice
|        |        |                                             \-----Laodice
|         \-----Laodike Thea Philadelphos
|                 |                                             /-----Ptolemy II Philadelphus King Of Egypt
|                 |                                    /-----Ptolemy III Euergetes Tryphon King Of Egypt
|                 |                                   |         \-----Arsinoe
|                 |                           /-----Ptolemy IV Philopator King Of Egypt
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Magos King Of Cyrene
|                 |                          |         \-----Berenice II
|                 |                          |                  \-----Apama
|                 |                  /-----Ptolemy V Epiphanes Eucharistos King Of Egypt
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Ptolemy II Philadelphus King Of Egypt
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Ptolemy III Euergetes Tryphon King Of Egypt
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Arsinoe
|                 |                 |         \-----Arsinoe III
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Magos King Of Cyrene
|                 |                 |                  \-----Berenice II
|                 |                 |                           \-----Apama
|                 |         /-----Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon King Of Egypt
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Antiochus II Theos King Of Syria
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Seleucus II Callincus King Of Syria
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Laodice
|                 |        |        |         /-----Antiochus III King Of Syria
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----Andromachos General Of Syria
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Laodice
|                 |        |         \-----Cleopatra I
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Ariobarzanes King Of Pont
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Mithradates II King Of Pont
|                 |        |                  \-----Laodice
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Antiochus II Theos King Of Syria
|                 |        |                           \-----Laodice
|                 |        |                                    \-----Laodice
|                  \-----Cleopatra Tryphaena
|                          |                                    /-----Ptolemy III Euergetes Tryphon King Of Egypt
|                          |                           /-----Ptolemy IV Philopator King Of Egypt
|                          |                          |         \-----Berenice II
|                          |                  /-----Ptolemy V Epiphanes Eucharistos King Of Egypt
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Ptolemy III Euergetes Tryphon King Of Egypt
|                          |                 |         \-----Arsinoe III
|                          |                 |                  \-----Berenice II
|                          |         /-----Ptolemy VI Philometor King Of Egypt
|                          |        |        |                  /-----Seleucus II Callincus King Of Syria
|                          |        |        |         /-----Antiochus III King Of Syria
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Laodice
|                          |        |         \-----Cleopatra I
|                          |        |                 |         /-----Mithradates II King Of Pont
|                          |        |                  \-----Laodice
|                          |        |                           \-----Laodice
|                           \-----Cleopatra III
|                                   |                           /-----Ptolemy III Euergetes Tryphon King Of Egypt
|                                   |                  /-----Ptolemy IV Philopator King Of Egypt
|                                   |                 |         \-----Berenice II
|                                   |         /-----Ptolemy V Epiphanes Eucharistos King Of Egypt
|                                   |        |        |         /-----Ptolemy III Euergetes Tryphon King Of Egypt
|                                   |        |         \-----Arsinoe III
|                                   |        |                  \-----Berenice II
|                                    \-----Cleopatra II
|                                            |                  /-----Seleucus II Callincus King Of Syria
|                                            |         /-----Antiochus III King Of Syria
|                                            |        |         \-----Laodice
|                                             \-----Cleopatra I
|                                                     |         /-----Mithradates II King Of Pont
|                                                      \-----Laodice
|                                                               \-----Laodice
(Unk Dau) Of Kommagene
|         /-----Ariobarzanes I King Of Cappadace
 \-----Isias Philostorgos
          \-----Athenais Philostorgos



Descendants of (Unk Dau) Of Kommagene
1. (Unk Dau) Of Kommagene m. Artavasdes King Of Medie
m. Artavasdes King Of Medie father: Ariobarzanes King Of Medie

2nd generation

2. (Dareios) Of Medie m. (Unk Dau) Of Persia
m. (Unk Dau) Of Persia father: Phraates IV King Of Persia mother: Kleopatra
3. Iotapi Of Medie m1. Alexander Helios, King Of Armenia m2. Mithridates III King Of Kommagene
m. Alexander Helios, King Of Armenia father: Marcus Antonius, Consul, Triumvir mother: Cleopatra VII Philopator, Queen Of Egypt
m. Mithridates III King Of Kommagene father: Mithradates II King Of Kommagene mother: (Unk Dau) Of Kommagene
4. Ariobarzanes II King Of Medie, King Of Armenia m.
5. Kleopatra m. Phraates IV King Of Persia
m. Phraates IV King Of Persia father: Orodes I King Of Persia mother: Laodice Of Kommagene

3rd generation

6. Artabanos II King Of Medie, King Of Persia m.
7. Vononnes II King Of Persia m.
8. Iotape Kommagenensis m. Gaius Julius Sampsigeramus II King Of Emesa
m. Gaius Julius Sampsigeramus II King Of Emesa father: Iamblichus II King Of Emesa mother: (Unk Dau) Of Iturea
9. Antiochus III King Of Commagene m.
10. Gaius Julius Artavasdes King Of Armenia m.
11. Vonones I King Of Persia m.
12. (Unk Dau) Of Persia m. (Dareios) Of Medie
m. (Dareios) Of Medie father: Artavasdes King Of Medie mother: (Unk Dau) Of Kommagene

4th generation

18. Vologaises I King Of Persia m. (Unk Dau) Of Adiabene
m. (Unk Dau) Of Adiabene father: Izates II King Of Adiabene mother: Symmacho
21. Gaius Julius Soaemus King Of Emesa m. Urania Mauritaniae
m. Urania Mauritaniae father: Ptolemy King Of Mauretania mother: Julia Urania
24. Antiochus IV Epiphanes King Of Commagene m. Iotape Philadelphos
m. Iotape Philadelphos father: Antiochus III King Of Commagene
25. Iotape Philadelphos m. Antiochus IV Epiphanes King Of Commagene
m. Antiochus IV Epiphanes King Of Commagene father: Antiochus III King Of Commagene

5th generation

29. Mithridates King Of Armenia m. Awde Of Osrhoene
m. Awde Of Osrhoene father: Mannos VI King Of Osrhoene mother: (Unk Dau) Of Judea
31. Pakoros II King Of Persia m.
32. Chosroes I King Of Persia m.
33. Vologaises II King Of Persia m.
34. Gaius Julius Alexio m.
35. Antiochus Epiphanes m. Claudia
m. Claudia father: Tiberius Claudius Balbillus Prefect Of Egypt mother: Aka Of Commagene
37. Iotape m. Alexander King Of Western Cilicia
m. Alexander King Of Western Cilicia father: Tigranes VI King Of Armenia mother: Julia
38. Aka Of Commagene m. Tiberius Claudius Balbillus Prefect Of Egypt
m. Tiberius Claudius Balbillus Prefect Of Egypt father: Tiberius Claudius Thrasyllus mother: Aka II