Mithridates III of Commagene

Mithridates III
King of Commagene
Reign	20 BC – 12 BC (8 years)
Predecessor	Mithridates II
Successor	Antiochus III
Died	12 BC
Spouse	Princess Iotapa of Media Atropatene
Issue	Aka II of Commagene Antiochus III of Commagene Iotapa, Queen of Emesa Iotapa, Queen of Commagene
Full name Mithridates III Antiochus Epiphanes
House	Orontid Dynasty
Father	King Mithridates II of Commagene
Mother	Laodice

Mithridates III Antiochus Epiphanes (Greek: Μιθριδάτης Ἀντίοχος ὀ Ἐπιφανής, flourished 1st century BC) was a prince who served as a King of Commagene.

Biography

Mithridates III was the son and successor of King Mithridates II of Commagene and Queen Laodice. He was of Armenian and Greek descent.

Mithridates III, sometime after 30 BC, had married his paternal cousin Iotapa, a Princess of Media Atropatene who was a daughter of Artavasdes I of Media Atropatene and his wife, Athenais.

Iotapa bore Mithridates III one daughter, Aka II of Commagene; one son called Antiochus III and two daughters both called Iotapa. One daughter called Iotapa married King Sampsiceramus II of Emesa, Syria and the another Iotapa, later married and ruled with her brother Antiochus III.

When Mithridates III’s father died in 20 BC, he succeeded his father. He reigned as king between 20 BC–12 BC. Very little is known on his life and his reign. When he died in 12 BC, Antiochus III of Commagene became King.

Ancestry

Family of Mithridates III of Commagene

16. King Sames II Theosebes Dikaios of Commagene               8. King Mithridates I Callinicus of Commagene                       17. Princess Pythodoris of Pontus               4. King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene                             18. King Antiochus VIII Grypus of the Seleucid Empire               9. Princess Laodice VII Thea of the Seleucid Empire                       19. Princess Tryphaena of Egypt               2. King Mithridates II of Commagene                                   10. King Ariobarzanes I of Cappadocia                       5. Princess Isias Philostorgos of Cappadocia                             11. Athenais Philostorgos I                       1. Mithridates III of Commagene                                         3. Laodice

Sources

• http://www.mavors.org/PDFs/Commagene.pdf
• http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0203.html
• http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Egypt/ptolemies/helios.htm
• http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/egypt/ptolemies/tryphaena.htm
• http://www.tyndalehouse.com/Egypt/ptolemies/affilates/aff_ptolemies.htm
• The Building Program of Herod the Great, By Duane W. Roller, Published by University of California Press 1998, ISBN 0-520-20934-6
• Royal genealogy of Mithradates III of Commagene at rootsweb
• Royal genealogy of Aka II of Commagene at rootsweb