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Antiochus II, called Theos ('God') c.286-246BC
Seleucid King of Syria

The son and successor (261BC) of Antiochus I, he married Berenice Syra, daughter of Ptolemy II, exiling his first wife, Laodice, and her children. On his death there followed a struggle between the rival queens; Berenice and her son were murdered and Laodice's son, Seleucus II, succeeded.