Mithridates VI Eupator Dionysos of Pontus (king of Pontus)

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Personal and Family Information

He died in 0063 B.C.. The place is not known.

His wife was Laodice of Pontus. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their seventeen known children were Cleopatra (0110BC-?), Athenaïs Philostorgos (?-?), Ariaranthes IX Eusebes Philopater (?-?), Macharès (?-0065BC), Mithridate (?-?), Mithridates (?-?), Artapherne (?-?), Cyrus (?-?), Oxathres (?-?), Darius (?-?), Xerxès (?-?), Orsabaris (?-?), Eupatra (?-?), Mithridatis (?-?), Nyssa (?-?), Archelaos I (?-0055BC) and Pharnaces II (c0097BC-0047BC).

Mithridates VI Eupator Dionysos of Pontus (0134BC-0063BC)	Mithridates V Euergetes (c0150BC-0120BC)	Pharnaces I (-<0154BC)	Mithridates III	+
		Pharnaces I (-<0154BC)	Laodice IV	+
		Nysa	Antiochus IV Epiphanes (0215BC-0164BC)	+
		Nysa	Laodice IV
	Laodice VI (II)	Antiochus IV Epiphanes (0215BC-0164BC)	Antiochus III (0242BC-0187BC)	+
		Antiochus IV Epiphanes (0215BC-0164BC)	Laodice III	+
		Laodice IV
		Laodice IV

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Birth

0134 B.C.

Place:

Sinope (Sinop, Black Sea, Turkey)

Death

0063 B.C.

Cause:

killed by guard

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Nobility Title

FROM 0120 B.C. TO 0063 B.C.

king of Pontus

Appien accuse Mithridate d'avoir fait tuer sa mère, son frère Mithridate Chrestos, trois de ses fils et trois de ses filles.

During Eupator's minority, supreme power was exercised by his mother queen Laodice