Predecessor Philip I Philadelphus Predecessor Berenice IV Spouse Berenice IV of Egypt Successor Antiochus XIII Asiaticus | Coronation Unknown Died Egypt House Seleucid Empire | |
Reign 83–69 BC (in opposition to Tigranes I of Armenia) Co-regents Cleopatra Selene (mother), possibly Antiochus XIII Asiaticus (younger brother) Reign Circa 58 BC (as co-regent) Parents Antiochus X Eusebes, Cleopatra Selene I Cousins Ptolemy XII Auletes, Ptolemy of Cyprus Similar Antiochus X Eusebes, Antiochus IX Cyzicenus, Antiochus XIII Asiaticus, Seleucus VI Epiphanes, Philip I Philadelphus | ||
Seleucus VII Philometor (Greek: Σέλευκος Ζ΄), was a ruler of the Macedonian Seleucid kingdom.
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King of Syria
The last members of the once mighty Seleucid dynasty are shadowy figures; local dynasts with complicated family ties whose identities are hard to ascertain: many of them also bore the same names. Seleucus was unknown until recently: from coins issued by him and his mother, Ptolemaic princess Cleopatra Selene, it is presumed that he was her son by king Antiochus X Eusebes, and a brother of later king Antiochus XIII Asiaticus. He appears to have "reigned" during the occupation of Syria by Armenian king Tigranes (83-69 BC). In reality, only a few cities were loyal to the Seleucids during this period.
Some time after Tigranes had conquered Syria (83 BC), his mother traveled to Rome to have her sons recognized as kings of Egypt, but to no avail. They were there between at least between 75 BC and 73 BC; recognized as "Kings of Syria", and "maintained a royal state".
Co-regent of Egypt
The young boy-king is probably the same Seleucus who later went to marry a Ptolemaic princess called Berenice IV on an unknown date (a sister of the famous Cleopatra VII of Egypt) to become co-regent of Egypt. but allegedly was murdered by the discontented bride for his lack of manners. He bore the derogatory name Kybiosaktes, the term for the foul-smelling work of cutting tuna fish.