Artaxias I, King of Armenia: Roy Family Genealogy

Generation: 1

Artaxias I, King of Armenia (son of Zariadres I, King of Sophene); died in 159 BCE.

Other Events and Attributes:

History: birth to death, Armenia

Notes:

Name:

History:
In 200 BCE, he became the Strategos of Armenia.

In 119 BCE, he was crowned the King of Armenia.

Artaxias I was the founder of the third Armenian monarchy. He fought against Rome and lost. At the Peace of Apamea in 188 BCE, the kings of Armenia were given the status of independent rulers by Rome. Later, he conquered Arthrpatene, now Azerbaijan, and other near by territory. Under his rule, the Armenian language and culture became dominant in the region.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Tigranes I, King of Armenia died in 123 BCE.

Generation: 2

Zariadres I, King of Sophene (son of Xerxes I and Antiochis of Syria); died in 190 BCE.

Other Events and Attributes:

History: birth to death

Notes:

Name:

History:
He was the first Strategos of Sophene.

About 200 BCE, he was crowned the King of Sophene.

Children:

1. Artaxias I, King of Armenia died in 159 BCE.

Generation: 3

4. Xerxes I (son of Arsames I).
Xerxes married Antiochis of Syria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5.
Antiochis of Syria (daughter of Antiochus III Megas, Basileus of the Seleucid Empire and Laodice III).
Children:

2. Zariadres I, King of Sophene died in 190 BCE.

Generation: 4

8.
Arsames I (son of Samos I).
Children:

4. Xerxes I

10.

Antiochus III Megas, Basileus of the Seleucid Empire was born in 242 BCE (son of Seleucus II Callinius, King of Syria and Laodice II); died in 187 BCE.

Other Events and Attributes:

History: birth to death

Notes:

History:
In 220, he was crowned the King of Syria.

In 220 BCE, he suppressed the revolts in Media and Persia. Then he recovered Armenia and successfully invaded Parthia, Media, and Bactria between 21 and 205 BCE. He was defeated by the Rome at the Battle of Magnesia in 189 BCE.

Died:
He was murdered.

Antiochus married Laodice III. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11.

Laodice III (daughter of Mithradates II, King of Pontus and Laodice II).

Children:

Antiochus, Crown Prince was born in 221 BCE; died in 193 BCE.
Seleucus IV Philopator, Basileus of the Seleucid Empire
Ardys
Laodice IV, Queen of the Seleucid Empire was born in 223 BCE in Syria; died about 162 BCE in Syria.
Cleopatra I
5. Antiochis of Syria
Antiochus IV Epiphanes, Basileus of the Seleucid Empire was born about 215 BCE; died between Nov 164 and Dec 164 BCE in Tabae (now Tavas, Turkey) Syria.