Seleucid Kings

1. Seleucus I Nikator (reigned 311-281 BCE)
2. Antiochus I Soter (reigned 281-261 BCE
3. Antiochus II Theos (reigned 261-246 BCE)
4. Seleucus II Kallinikos (reigned 246-225 BCE)
5. Seleucus III Soter (reigned 225-223 BCE)

• son of Seleucus II

6. Antiochus III the Great (reigned 223-187 BCE)

• son of Seleucus II
• brother of Seleucus III

7. Seleucus IV Philopator (reigned 187-175 BCE)

• son of Antiochus III

8. Antiochus IV Epiphanes (reigned 175-164 BCE)

• son of Antiochus III
• brother of Seleucus IV

9. Antiochus V Eupator (reigned 163-162)

• son of Antiochus IV

10. Demetrius I Soter (reigned 162-150 BCE)

• son of Seleucus IV
• held in Rome as a hostage (from ca. 175 to 162 BCE)

11. Alexander Balas (reigned 150-145 BCE)

• alleged son of Antiochus IV
• supported by Attalus II of Pergamon and Ptolemy VI

12. Demetrius II Nikator (reigned on and off from 145-125 BCE)

• son of Demetrius I