Darius II of Media Atropatene

Darius II of Media Atropatene, also known as Darius^[1] (flourished second half of 1st century BC and the first half of 1st century AD) was a prince from the Kingdom of Media Atropatene who through marriage was a relation of the Arsacid Kings of Parthia.^[2]^[3]

Background[edit]

Darius II was of Median, Armenian and Greek descent. He was the second son and among the children born to Artavasdes I of Media Atropatene and his wife, Athenais.^[4]^[5] He was born and raised in Media Atropatene. He could have been named after Darius I, a previous ruling King of Media Atropatene and the probable uncle of Artavasdes I.^[6] Darius II was a direct descendant of the extended family of the Persian King Darius I.^[7]

Marriage[edit]

Between 15 BC and 10 BC^[8] Darius II married an unnamed Arsacid Parthian Princess,^[9]^[10] who was a relation to the King Vonones I of Parthia. Darius II was the third Seleucid descendant and the only known male descendant of Seleucus I Nicator to have married into the Arsacid dynasty of Parthia.

Little is known about Darius II’s marriage to the unnamed Parthian princess.

Ancestry[edit]

Ancestors of Darius II of Media Atropatene

8. Mithridates I of Media Atropatene

4. Ariobarzanes I of Media Atropatene

9. Daughter of Tigranes the Great

2. Artavasdes I of Media Atropatene

1. Darius II of Media Atropatene

12. Mithridates I Callinicus of Commagene

6. Antiochus I Theos of Commagene

13. Laodice VII Thea of the Seleucid Empire

3. Athenais of Commagene

14. Ariobarzanes I of Cappadocia

7. Isias Philostorgos of Cappadocia

15. Athenais Philostorgos I

References[edit]

↑ Baldwin, Comments on "Iberian route"
↑ Ptolemaic Genealogy: Affiliated Lines, Descendant Lines Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
↑ Ptolemaic Genealogy: Tryphaena, Footnote 13
↑ Ptolemaic Genealogy: Affiliated Lines, Descendant Lines Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
↑ Ptolemaic Genealogy: Tryphaena, Footnote 13
↑ Settipani on Baldwin on the Commagenian DFA Link Part 2 of 3
↑ Ptolemaic Genealogy: Affiliated Lines, Pharnabazids Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
↑ Ptolemaic Genealogy: Tryphaena, Footnote 13
↑ Ptolemaic Genealogy: Affiliated Lines, Descendant Lines Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
↑ Ptolemaic Genealogy: Tryphaena, Footnote 13

Sources[edit]

S. Baldwin, Comments on "Iberian route" DFA line, web, 1996
Ptolemaic Genealogy: Tryphaena
Ptolemaic Genealogy: Affiliated Lines, Pharnabazids & Descendant Lines
Settipani on Baldwin on the Commagenian DFA Link Part 2 of 3

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[1] Baldwin, Comments on "Iberian route"

[2] Ptolemaic Genealogy: Affiliated Lines, Descendant Lines Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[3] Ptolemaic Genealogy: Tryphaena, Footnote 13

[4] Ptolemaic Genealogy: Affiliated Lines, Descendant Lines Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[5] Ptolemaic Genealogy: Tryphaena, Footnote 13

[6] Settipani on Baldwin on the Commagenian DFA Link Part 2 of 3

[7] Ptolemaic Genealogy: Affiliated Lines, Pharnabazids Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[8] Ptolemaic Genealogy: Tryphaena, Footnote 13

[9] Ptolemaic Genealogy: Affiliated Lines, Descendant Lines Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[10] Ptolemaic Genealogy: Tryphaena, Footnote 13

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