Antiochus X Eusebes
Antiochus X Eusebes Philopator( –92 or 88 BC) was a Hellenistic Seleucid monarch who reigned as the King of Syria between 95 BC and 92 BC or 89/88 BC( 224 SE( Seleucid year)).
He was the son of Antiochus IX and perhaps his Egyptian wife Cleopatra IV.
He lived in a period during which there was a general disintegration of Seleucid Syria characterized by civil wars, foreign interference by Ptolemaic Egypt and incursions by the Parthians.
Antiochus IX was killed in 95 BC at the hands of Seleucus VI, the son of his half- brother and rival Antiochus VIII.
Antiochus X then went to the city of Aradus where he declared himself king.
He avenged his father by defeating Seleucus VI, who was eventually killed.
Antiochus X did not enjoy a stable reign as he had to face three of Seleucus VI's brothers, Antiochus XI, Philip I and Demetrius III.
Antiochus XI defeated AntiochusX and expelled him from the capital Antioch in 93 BC.
A few months later, AntiochusX regained his position and killed Antiochus XI.
This led to both Philip I and Demetrius III becoming involved.
The civil war continued but its final outcome is uncertain due to the contradictions between different ancient historians' accounts.
AntiochusX married his stepmother, Antiochus IX's widow Cleopatra Selene, and had several children with her, including a future king Antiochus XIII.
The death of Antiochus X is shrouded in mystery.
The year of his demise is traditionally given by modern scholars as 92 BC, but other dates are also possible including the year 224 SE( 89/88 BC).
The most reliable account of his end is that of the first century historian Josephus, who wrote that AntiochusX marched east to fight off the Parthians who were attacking a queen called Laodice; the identity of this queen and who her people were continues to be debated.
Other accounts exist: the ancient Greek historian Appian has AntiochusX defeated by the Armenian king Tigranes II and losing his kingdom; the third century historian Eusebius wrote that AntiochusX was defeated by his cousins and escaped to the Parthians before asking the Romans for help in having him reinstated on the throne.
Modern scholars prefer the account of Josephus and question practically every aspect of the versions presented by other ancient historians.
Numismatic evidence shows that AntiochusX was succeeded in Antioch by Demetrius III, who controlled the capital in SE( 88/87 BC).
Antiochus IX Cyzicenus
Antiochus IX Eusebes Cyzicenus ("Antiochus the Pious, the Cyzicene") was a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom.
He was the son of Antiochus VII Sidetes and Cleopatra Thea.
He left the kingdom in 129 BC and went to the city of Cyzicus, but he returned in 116 BC to challenge his half-brother Antiochus VIII for power.
The siblings fought a twenty-year civil war.
In 112 BC, Antiochus IX's wife, Cleopatra IV, was killed by her sister Tryphaena, the wife of Antiochus VIII.
Tryphaena herself died shortly afterwards.
Antiochus VIII was assassinated in 96 BC; he was succeeded by his sons Seleucus VI and Demetrius III.
Antiochus IX then took the capital Antioch and married his deceased wife's sister Cleopatra Selene, who was herself the widow of Antiochus VIII.
Seleucus VI continued the war against his uncle.
Antiochus IX Eusebes Cyzicenus was killed in battle in 96 BC.
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Antiochus VIII Grypus
Antiochus VIII Epiphanes/Callinicus/Philometor, nicknamed Grypus ("hook-nose"), was the ruler of the Syrian Seleucid Empire from 125 to 96 BC.
He was the younger son of Demetrius II and Cleopatra Thea.
He may have spent his early life in Athens and returned to Syria after the deaths of his father and brother Seleucus V.
At first he was joint ruler with his mother.
Fearing her influence, Antiochus VIII had Cleopatra Thea poisoned in 121 BC.
Political instability affected most of Antiochus VIII's reign.
From 116 BC he fought a civil war against his half-brother Antiochus IX.
Antiochus VIII's wife, the Ptolemaic Egyptian princess Tryphaena, had her sister and the wife of Antiochus IX, the former Cleopatra IV of Egypt, murdered in 112 BC; Antiochus IX killed Tryphaena in revenge.
In 102 BC, Antiochus VIII's aunt Cleopatra III of Egypt, the mother of the two rival queens, gave him the hand of her daughter Cleopatra Selene in marriage.
Antiochus VIII was assassinated in 96 BC.
Antiochus XI Epiphanes
Antiochus XI Epiphanes Philadelphus( unknown – 93 BC) was a Hellenistic Seleucid monarch who reigned as the King of Syria between 94 and 93 BC.
He was the son of Antiochus VIII and his wife Tryphaena.
Antiochus XI's early life was a time of constant civil war between his father and his uncle Antiochus IX.
The conflict ended with the assassination of Antiochus VIII, followed by the establishment of Antiochus IX in Antioch, the capital of Syria.
Antiochus VIII's eldest son Seleucus VI, in control of western Cilicia, marched against his uncle and had him killed, taking Antioch for himself, only to be expelled from it and driven to his death in 94 BC by Antiochus IX's son Antiochus X.
Following the murder of Seleucus VI, Antiochus XI declared himself king jointly with his twin brother Philip I. Dubious ancient accounts, which may be contradicted by archaeological evidence, report that Antiochus XI's first act was to avenge his late brother by destroying Mopsuestia in Cilicia, the city responsible for the death of Seleucus VI.
In 93 BC, Antiochus XI took Antioch, an event not mentioned by ancient historians but confirmed through numismatic evidence.
Antiochus XI appears to have been the senior king, minting coinage as a sole king and reigning alone in the capital, while Philip I remained in Cilicia, but kept his royal title.
Antiochus XI may have restored the temple of Apollo and Artemis in Daphne, but his reign did not last long.
In the autumn of the same year, Antiochus X regrouped and counter- attacked; Antiochus XI was defeated and drowned in the Orontes River as he tried to flee.
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Antiochus VII Sidetes
Antiochus VII Euergetes
(c.164/160
BC - 129 BC) , nicknamed Sidetes  (from Side, a city in Asia Minor), also known as Antiochus the Pious, was ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire who reigned from July/August 138 to 129 BC.
He was the last Seleucid king of any stature.
After Antiochus was killed in battle, the Seleucid realm was restricted to Syria.
Cleopatra IV of Egypt
Cleopatra IV was Queen of Egypt briefly from 116 to 115 BC, jointly with her husband Ptolemy IX Lathyros.
She later became queen consort of Syria as the wife of Antiochus IX Cyzicenus.
Seleucus VI Epiphanes
Seleucus VI Epiphanes Nicator( between 124 and 109 BC – 94BC) was a Hellenistic Seleucid monarch who ruled Syria between 96 and 94 BC.
He was the son of Antiochus VIII and his Egyptian wife Tryphaena.
Seleucus VI lived in a period of civil war between his father and his uncle Antiochus IX, which ended in 96 BC when Antiochus VIII was assassinated.
Antiochus IX then occupied the capital Antioch while Seleucus VI established his power- base in western Cilicia and himself prepared for war.
In 95 BC, Antiochus IX marched against his nephew, but lost the battle and was killed.
Seleucus VI became the master of the capital but had to share Syria with his brother Demetrius III, based in Damascus, and his cousin, Antiochus IX's son Antiochus X.
According to the ancient historian Appian, Seleucus VI was a violent ruler.
He taxed his dominions extensively to support his wars, and resisted allowing the cities a measure of autonomy, as had been the practice of former kings.
His reign did not last long; in 94 BC, he was expelled from Antioch by Antiochus X, who followed him to the Cilician city of Mopsuestia.
Seleucus took shelter in the city where his attempts to raise money led to riots that eventually claimed his life in 94 BC.
Ancient traditions have different versions of his death, but he was most probably burned alive by the rioters.
Following his demise, his brothers Antiochus XI and Philip I destroyed Mopsuestia as an act of revenge and their armies fought those of Antiochus X.
Philip I Philadelphus
Philip I Epiphanes Philadelphus (between 124 and 109 BC – 83 or 75 BC) was a Hellenistic Seleucid monarch who reigned as the King of Syria from 94 to either 83 or 75 BC.
The son of Antiochus VIII and his wife Tryphaena, he spent his early life in a period of civil war between his father and his uncle Antiochus IX.
The conflict ended with the assassination of Antiochus VIII and a quick succession in the Syrian capital Antioch of Antiochus IX then Antiochus VIII's eldest son Seleucus VI.
After the murder of Seleucus VI in 94 BC, Philip I became king with his twin brother Antiochus XI, and planned to avenge Seleucus VI.
In 93 BC Antiochus XI took Antioch from Antiochus IX's son
Antiochus X. Antiochus XI became the senior king, and Philip I remained in a base in Cilicia.
Antiochus X returned and killed Antiochus XI that year.
Philip I then allied with his younger brother Demetrius III, who was based in Damascus.
Antiochus X was probably killed in 88 BC.
Demetrius III took the capital and besieged Philip I in Beroea (Aleppo), but the latter prevailed and took Antioch; their youngest brother Antiochus XII took Damascus.
Philip I tried unsuccessfully to take Damascus for himself, after which he disappears from the historical record; there is no information about when or how he died.
The Antiochenes, apparently refusing to accept Philip
I's minor son Philip II as his successor, invited Tigranes II of Armenia to take the city.
While the invasion of Tigranes II is traditionally dated to 83 BC, the year most scholars agree on for Philip I's death, the conflict may have taken place in 74 BC.
Numismatic evidence and clues in ancient contemporary literature indicate that Philip I might have died in 75 BC, giving Antiochus X's widow Cleopatra Selene and her son Antiochus XIII, who probably took control of the south following the death of Antiochus XII in 82 BC, a year of claiming the whole kingdom.
Philip I initiated monetary reforms, and his coins remained in circulation until the Romans conquered Syria in 64 BC; Roman authorities in Syria continued to issue coins modeled on Philip I's coins, including his portrait, until 13 BC.

Question: What nationality is Antiochus Ix Cyzicenus's father?
Answer: Seleucid Empire