Euttob or Euttoba was the daughter of Artavasdes I of Atropatene and sister of Ariobarzanes II of Media Atropatene.

Euttob (43 BC-?) was a princess of Media

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. She was the daughter of King Artavasdes I of Media Atropatene

Artavasdes I of Media Atropatene

Artavasdes I was a king of Media Atropatene. As an enemy of Artavasdes II of Armenia and his son Artaxias II, Artavasdes I was mentioned in diplomatic affairs of Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Mark Anthony.- Biography :...

. Her mother was an unnamed daughter of the Commagenean Monarchs Antiochus I Theos

Antiochus I Theos of Commagene

Antiochus I Theos Dikaios Epiphanes Philorhomaios Philhellenos Antiochus I Theos Dikaios Epiphanes Philorhomaios Philhellenos Antiochus I Theos Dikaios Epiphanes Philorhomaios Philhellenos (Greek: о Αντίοχος Θεός Δίκαιος Επιφανής Φιλορωμαίος Φιλέλλην, meaning Antiochos, a just, eminent god, friend...

 and Isias

Isias

Isias, surnamed Philostorgos or Philostorgus was a Princess of Cappadocia who lived in the 1st century BC. Through her marriage to King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene, she became the Queen of Commagene. Very little is known on her. She was half Persian and half Greek...

. In 33 BC, she was engaged to her distant relative and Ptolemaic

Ptolemy I Soter

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 Prince Alexander Helios

Alexander Helios

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, son of Greek

Greeks

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 Ptolemaic Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Roman

Roman Republic

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 Triumvir Mark Antony

Mark Antony

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. In 30 BC Egypt , after Egypt was invaded by Octavian (future Roman Emperor Augustus

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) and his army, Euttob left Alexandria

Alexandria

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 Egypt

Egypt

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. Euttob returned to her father and sometime after 30 BC, she married her maternal cousin King Mithridates III of Commagene

Mithridates III of Commagene

Mithridates III Antiochus Epiphanes was a King. The son and successor of King Mithridates II of Commagene and Queen Laodice, he was of Armenian and Greek descent....

. Through this marriage, she became Queen of Commagene and bore Mithridates a son, Antiochus III and two daughters, both named Euttob. Mithridates would later succeed Antiochus III of Commagene

Antiochus III of Commagene

Antiochus III Epiphanes was the ruler of the Kingdom of Commagene from 12 BC to 17 AD. He was the son and successor of King Mithridates III of Commagene and Princess of Media and Queen of Commagene, Iotapa, and of mixed Armenian, Greek and Median descent. His parents were first cousins.When...

. Antiochus III married one sister and the other sister married the Syria

Syria

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n King Sampsiceramus II of Emesa, who was from the Royal Family of Emesa

Royal Family of Emesa

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See also

• Atropatene
  Atropatene
  Atropatene was an ancient kingdom established and ruled under local ethnic Iranian dynasts first with "Darius" of Persia and later "Alexander" of Macedonia, starting in the 4th century BC and includes the territory of modern-day Iranian Azarbaijan and Iranian Kurdistan. Its capital was Gazaca...
  
  
• Iotapa, daughter of King Artavasdes I of Media
• Euttob (disambiguation)