Laodice IV
Laodice IV: Seleucid queen, wife of Seleucus IV Philopator and Antiochus IV Epiphanes.
Relatives
- Father: Antiochus III the Great
- Mother: Laodice III
- First husband: her brother Antiochus
- Daughter: Nysa (married to Pharnaces of Pontus)
- Second husband: her brother Seleucus IV Philopator
- Son: Antiochus
- Son: Demetrius I Soter
- Daughter: Laodice V
- Third husband: her brother Antiochus IV Epiphanes
- Son: Antiochus V Eupator
- Daughter: Laodice VI
- Son: Alexander I Balas (spurious)
Main deeds
- 196: Laodice marries her brother Antiochus
- 193: Death of Antiochus; Laodice is made high priestess of the state cult for her mother Laodice III
- 187: Death of Laodice's father Antiochus III the Great; he is succeeded by her brother and husband Seleucus IV Philopator
- 178: Laodice V marries king Perseus of Macedonia
- 175: Death of Seleucus IV; he is succeeded by Laodice's son Antiochus and her brother Antiochus IV Epiphanes, who becomes her third husband
- 172/171: Laodice's daughter Nysa marries to Pharnaces of Pontus
- 170: Murder of Antiochus
- 164: Death of Antiochus IV; he is succeeded by his son Antiochus V Eupator, son of Laodice IV