Queen

There are 103 items in Queen:

"Laodice"

"Laodice" (mid-third century BCE): Seleucid princess, wife of king Mithridates II of Pontus.Relatives Father: Antiochus II Theos Mother: Laodice I Husband: Mithridates II of Pontus Children: Laodice III; another Laodice; Mithridates III of Pontus (?) Main deeds In 245, Laodice I and her son Seleucus II…

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Ada

Ada: sister and wife of Idrieus, after his death satrap of Caria between 344 and 340, member of the Hecatomnid dynasty.Ada was a daughter of Hecatomnus, the founder of the Hecatomnid dynasty of satraps of Caria. Not only her father,…

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Amestris

Amestris or Amastris: wife of the Persian king Xerxes, mother of king Artaxerxes I. Her reputation among Greek historians is very bad. …

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Apame I

Apame I: Iranian lady, wife of Seleucus I Nicator, queen in the Seleucid Empire.Relatives Father: Spitamenes, one of the leaders of the Iranian resistance against the Macedonian conquest Husband: Seleucus I Nicator Children: Antiochus I Soter Main deeds 324: During the Susa weddings, Apame marries…

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Apame III

Apame III: Macedonian lady, wife of king Prusias I the Lame of Bithynia.Relatives Father: Demetrius II of Macedonia Mother: Phthia Husband: Prusias I of Bithynia (regnal years: c.230-c.182) Son: Prusias II the Hunter (regnal years: c.182-c.149)

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Arsinoe I

Arsinoe I: first wife of Ptolemy II Philadelphus, queen in the Ptolemaic Empire.Relatives: Father: Lysimachus Mother: Nicaea Husband: Ptolemy II Philadelphus Son: Ptolemy 'the son', Ptolemy III Euergetes, Lysimachus, Berenice Phernephorus (married to Antiochus II Theos) Main deeds: c.285: Marriage between Arsinoe I and Ptolemy II…

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