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Stratonice I
Stratonice I (c. 315-254): Antigonid princess and Seleucid queen, wife of Seleucus I Nicator and Antiochus I Soter.
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