Laodice II

Laodice II: Seleucid queen, wife of Seleucus II Callinicus.

Relatives:

Father: Andromachus
Husband: Seleucus II Callinicus
Children:
- Antiochis (married to king Xerxes of Armenia),
- Alexander (= Seleucus III Keraunos)
- Antiochus III the Great
- daughter
- A son named Lu-xxx is mentioned in the Seleucus III chronicle from Babylon (BCHP 12)

Main deeds:

246: Laodice marries Seleucus, the young king of the Seleucid Empire
243: Birth of Alexander (= Seleucus III Keraunos)
Her sons both became king: Seleucus III Keraunos succeeded his father in 225, and was in turn succeeded by Antiochus III the Great

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