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Ariobarzanes II of Cappadocia
Ariobarzanes II, surnamed" Philopatorfather- loving",( Ariobarzánēs Philopátōr), was the king of Cappadocia from c. 63 BC or 62 BC to c. 51 BC.
He was the son of King Ariobarzanes I of Cappadocia and his wife Queen Athenais Philostorgos I, while his sister was Isias Philostorgos, who married King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene.
Ariobarzanes II was half Persian and half Greek.
Ariobarzanes II married the princess Athenais Philostorgos II, one of the daughters of King Mithridates VI of Pontus.
He was an ineffective ruler, requiring the aid of Gabinius in 57 BC to ward off his enemies.
He was successful in maintaining rule over Cappadocia for approximately eight years before being assassinated by Parthian favorites.
By his wife, he had two sons: Ariobarzanes III of Cappadocia and Ariarathes X of Cappadocia.
He was succeeded by his first son.
Athenais of Media Atropatene
Athenais( flourished 1st century BC) was a Princess from the Kingdom of Commagene who, through marriage, became a Queen of Media Atropatene and possibly of Sophene.
Athenais was a monarch of Armenian and Greek descent.
She was one of the five children and youngest one born to King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene who reigned from 70 BC until 38 BC, and his wife, Queen Isias Philostorgos.
Her paternal grandparents were the previous ruling Commagenean monarchs Mithridates I Callinicus and his wife, the Seleucid Princess and Queen Laodice VII Thea.
Her maternal grandparents were the Roman Client King of Cappadocia, Ariobarzanes I Philoromaios who reigned from 95 BC until 63/62 BC and his wife, Queen Athenais Philostorgos I.
Her maternal uncle was the Roman Client King of Cappadocia, Ariobarzanes II Philopator and her maternal aunt- in- marriage was Athenais Philostorgos II.
Her maternal aunt- in- marriage was a Pontian Princess who was the daughter of King Mithridates VI of Pontus from his second marriage to the Anatolian Greek Macedonian noblewoman and Pontian Queen Monime.
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Athenais was the namesake of her maternal grandmother, her maternal aunt- in- marriage and was the third woman name called" Athenais" in the family of Ariobarzanes I Philoromaios.
Athenais was born and raised in the Kingdom of Commagene.
At an unknown date, Athenais married King Artavasdes I of Media Atropatene.
Artavasdes I was a monarch of Median and possibly of Armenian, Greek descent who served as King of Media Atropatene from 56 BC til 31 BC and later as a Roman Client King of Sophene from 30 BC til 20 BC.
Athenais ’ name is known from surviving numismatic evidence, as her royal title on coins is in Greek" ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑ ΑΘΗΝΑΙΣ" or" of Queen Athenais".
Surviving coinage reveals that Athenais married Artavasdes I as his Queen and probably married her sometime during his kingship of Media Atropatene.
In the surviving coinage of Athenais and Artavasdes I, appears on one side a portrait of Artavasdes I wearing his crown showing his royal title in Greek, while on the other side a portrait is shown of Athenais with her royal title in Greek wearing a turreted tiara as a Diadem.
These coins are dated from circa 30 BC from his kingship.
Not much is known on her relationship with Artavasdes I and her reign as Queen.
Athenais bore Artavasdes I three known children:
Sennedjem
The Ancient Egyptian artisan Sennedjem lived in Set Maat( translated as" The Place of Truth"), contemporary Deir el- Medina, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Thebes, during the reigns of Seti I and Ramesses II.
Sennedjem had the title" Servant in the Place of Truth".
He was buried along with his wife, Iyneferti, and family in a tomb in the village necropolis.
His tomb was discovered January 31, 1886.
When Sennedjem's tomb was found, in it there was regular furniture from his home, including a stool and a bed, which he actually used when he was alive.
His titles included Servant in the Place of Truth, meaning that he worked on the excavation and decoration of the nearby royal tombs.
Athenais Philostorgos II
Athenais Philostorgos II (Greek: "η Άθηναἷς Φιλόστοργος Β"), also known as Athenais Philostorgus II or Athenais of Pontus, was a princess from the Kingdom of Pontus and, through marriage, a Roman Client Queen of Cappadocia.
Her name in Greek translates to "
Athenais the loving one".
The child of King Mithridates VI of Pontus from his second marriage to the Anatolian Greek Macedonian noblewoman and Pontian Queen Monime, she was a princess of Persian and Greek Macedonian ancestry.
Born and raised in the Kingdom of Pontos, her parents gave her a traditional ancient Greek name.
Athenais married the Cappadocian Prince and later King Ariobarzanes II Philopator, who was of Persian and Greek descent.
Ariobarzanes II succeeded his father as King in 63 BC-62 BC, when his father Ariobarzanes I Philoromaios abdicated his throne.
When Ariobarzanes II became king, Athenais became Cappadocian queen, inheriting the honorific title of "Philostorgos", which was the honorific surname of the mother of Ariobarzanes II, Athenais Philostorgos I.
Athenais was related to the previous kings and monarchs of Cappadocia.
Her paternal aunt Laodice of Cappadocia was a queen, her paternal cousins, Ariarathes VI, Ariarathes VII, and Ariarathes VIII, and her paternal half-brother Ariarathes IX all served as previous kings of Cappadocia.
Through her Seleucid and paternal lineage, Athenais was related to the ancestors of Ariarathes VI.
Ariobarzanes II reigned as king of Cappadocia from c. 63 BC-62 BC until his assassination in c. 51 BC.
There are various surviving honorific inscriptions dedicated to Athenais.
During their marriage, Athenais bore Ariobarzanes II two sons:
Ariobarzanes III Eusebes Philoromaios and Ariarathes X Eusebes Philadelphos.
Her sons would serve as among the last kings of Cappadocia.
The name "Ariobarzanes" was not only a name from her husband's family, but also a name from her own family.
Athenais had three paternal political ancestors of that name: Ariobarzanes of Phrygia, who flourished 5th century BC, Ariobarzanes II of Cius, who flourished 4th century BC, and the previous Pontian King Ariobarzanes of Pontus.
After the death of her husband, her first son succeeded his father as King and she became a widow who never married again.
Athenais became known as the ‘Queen-Mother’ of Cappadocia.
During the rule of Ariobarzanes III, Roman Governor of Cilicia Marcus Tullius Cicero warned the King that Athenais could be a potential enemy to him.
Cicero's warning was based on Athenais’ jealousy, about two nobles called Methras and Athenaeus.
They were ministers and favorites of her first son and they were through Athenais’ jealousy were driven out from the Cappadocian Royal Court.
However, Methras and Athenaeus were later recalled by Cicero.
Athenais’ jealousy was a part of her failed plot to depose her first son from his throne and put her second son in his place.
Cicero and Ariobarzanes III caught Athenais out and Ariobarzanes III was very saddened by his mother's actions.
Ariabarzanes III removed his mother from power and her fate afterward is unknown.
Beaulieu-sur-Loire
Beaulieu- sur- Loire is a commune in the Loiret department in north -central France.
It is also the place of death of Jacques MacDonald, a French general who served in the Napoleonic Wars
Place of birth
The place of birth( POB) or birthplace is the place where a person was born.
This place is often used in legal documents, together with name and date of birth, to uniquely identify a person.
As a general rule with respect to passports, the place of birth is determined to be the country that currently has" sovereignty" over the actual place of birth, regardless of when the birth actually occurred.
The place of birth is not necessarily the place where the parents of the new baby live.
If the baby is born in a hospital in another place, that place is the place of birth.
In many countries, this also means that the government requires that the birth of the new baby is registered in the place of birth.
Some countries place less or no importance on the place of birth, instead using alternative geographical characteristics for the purpose of identity documents.
For example, Sweden has used the concept of" födelsehemortdomicile of birth") since 1947.
This means that the domicile of the baby's mother is the registered place of birth.
The location of the maternity ward or other physical birthplace is considered unimportant.
Similarly, Switzerland uses the concept of" Heimatortlieu d'origineluogo d'origineplace of origin" in German, French and Italian respectively).
A child born to Swiss parents is automatically assigned the place of origin of the parent with the same last name, so the child either gets their mother's or father's place of origin.
A child born to one Swiss parent and one foreign parent acquires the place of origin of their Swiss parent.
In a Swiss passport and identity card, the holder's place of origin is stated, not their place of birth.
In some countries( primarily in the Americas), the place of birth automatically determines the nationality of the baby, a practice often referred to by the Latin phrase" jus soli".
Almost all countries outside the Americas instead attribute nationality based on the nationality( ies) of the baby's parents( referred to as" jus sanguinis").
There can be some confusion regarding the place of birth if the birth takes place in an unusual way: when babies are born on an airplane or at sea, difficulties can arise.
The place of birth of such a person depends on the law of the countries involved, which include the nationality of the plane or ship, the nationality( ies) of the parents and/ or the location of the plane or ship( if the birth occurs in the territorial waters or airspace of a country).
Some administrative forms may request the applicant's" country of birth".
It is important to determine from the requester whether the information requested refers to the applicant's" place of birth" or" nationality at birth".
For US citizens born abroad who under the US Constitution acquire US citizenship at the time of birth, the nationality at birth will be USA( American), while the place of birth would be the country in which the actual birth takes place.
Motherland (disambiguation)
Motherland is the place of one's birth, the place of one's ancestors, or the place of origin of an ethnic group.
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Ariobarzanes II of Cappadocia
Ariobarzanes II, surnamed" Philopatorfather- loving",( Ariobarzánēs Philopátōr), was the king of Cappadocia from c. 63 BC or 62 BC to c. 51 BC.
He was the son of King Ariobarzanes I of Cappadocia and his wife Queen Athenais Philostorgos I, while his sister was Isias Philostorgos, who married King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene.
Ariobarzanes II was half Persian and half Greek.
Ariobarzanes II married the princess Athenais Philostorgos II, one of the daughters of King Mithridates VI of Pontus.
He was an ineffective ruler, requiring the aid of Gabinius in 57 BC to ward off his enemies.
He was successful in maintaining rule over Cappadocia for approximately eight years before being assassinated by Parthian favorites.
By his wife, he had two sons: Ariobarzanes III of Cappadocia and Ariarathes X of Cappadocia.
He was succeeded by his first son.
Monime
Monime, sometimes known as Monima (died 72/71 BC), was a Greek Macedonian noblewoman from Anatolia and one of the wives of King Mithridates VI of Pontus.
According to the ancient sources she was a citizen of either Miletus or Stratonicea, Caria.
Monime was the daughter of a prominent citizen called Philopoemen.
Monime was a beautiful, intelligent woman and was much talked about among the Greeks.
When King Mithridates VI of Pontus and his army successfully captured her native city in 89/88 BC, her beauty made a great impression on Mithridates VI.
He was strongly drawn to her, as he was attracted to powerful personalities whose intelligence complemented his own.
Mithridates VI thought of making Monime the jewel of his harem, and began negotiations with Philopoemen.
Mithridates VI offered him 1500 gold pieces.
Monime rejected the offer and held out for more.
Monime demanded from Mithridates VI a marriage contract and insisted that he give her a royal Diadem and the title of Queen.
Because he found Monime irresistible, Mithridates VI agreed.
The royal scribes prepared the marriage contract.
Mithridates VI tied a purple and gold ribbon around the head of Monime, the pair withdrew to the private rooms of the palace at Sinope.
They married in 89/88 BC and through her marriage to Mithridates VI, Monime became his second wife and Queen of Pontus.
Her father received his gold from Mithridates VI and was appointed overseer in Ephesus.
Monime bore
Mithridates VI a child, a daughter called Athenais.
In the beginning of their marriage, she exercised great influence over her husband; however this did not last long.
In the end they had an unhappy marriage and he later became dissatisfied with her.
Monime later repented her marriage to Mithridates VI, her elevation, and leaving her native city.
In 72/71 BC, when her husband was compelled to abandon his dominions and took refuge in the Kingdom of Armenia, Monime was put to death at Pharnacia.
Her correspondence to Mithridates VI, which was of a licentious character, fell into the hands of Roman General Pompey at the capture of the fortress at Caenon Phrourion.

Question: Where did Athenais Philostorgos Ii's mother die?
Answer: Pharnacia