Stratonice I

Relatives:

• Father: Demetius I Poliorcetes
• Mother: Phila I (daughter of Antipater)
• First husband: Seleucus I Nicator
  • Daughter: Phila II
• Second husband: Antiochus I Soter
• Children:
  • Seleucus
  • Laodice
  • Apame II (married to Magas of Cyrene)
  • Antiochus II Theos
  • Stratonice III (married to Ariarathes III of Cappadocia)

Main deeds:

• 299: Marriage to Seleucus I Nicator
• Birth of Phila II
• 294/293: Marriage to her stepson Antiochus I Soter
• 292: Antiochus is made co-regent and satrap of Bactria
• Stay in Babylon
• Birth of Seleucus, Laodice, Apame II, Antiochus II Theos, Stratonice III
• September 281: death of Seleucus (more...); accession of Antiochus
• 276: Phila marries to Antigonus II Gonatas
• Two cities Stratonicea, one on the banks of the Caïcus and one in Caria, were named after this queen
• Sept/Oct 254: Death in Sardes

Literature

• O.L. Gabelko & Yu.N. Kuzmin, "Matrimonial Policy of Demetrius II of Macedonia. New Solutions of Old Problems", in: Vestnik drevnej istorii 264 (2008) 141-164