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• (Geschiedenis) .Source 1

  Seleucus II (tussen 265 en 260 - 225 v.Chr./225 v.Chr.), bijgenaamd Callinicus (d.i. "een mooie overwinning behalend"), was koning van het hellenistische Seleucidenrijk (Syrië) van juli 246 tot aan zijn dood.
  
  Hij was de oudste zoon van Antiochus II en diens eerste echtgenote Laodice, en beklom de troon in 246. Tijdens zijn regering gingen voor het Seleucidenrijk aanzienlijke gebiedsdelen verloren: in het oosten maakten de satrapieën Parthië (onder Arsaces I) en Bactrië zich los, terwijl in Klein-Azië het koninkrijk Pergamon tot stand kwam en zich uitbreidde tot aan de Taurus.
  
  Ook in een oorlog tegen Ptolemaeus III van Egypte gingen gebieden in Klein-Azië verloren: zelfs Seleucia Pieria, de havenstad van Antiochië, werd door Ptolemaeus bezet en bleef daarna gedurende 25 jaar in Egyptische handen. Alsof dat nog niet genoeg was profiteerde Seleucus' jongere broer Antiochus Hiërax van diens langdurige veldtochten om zichzelf als autonoom heerser in Klein-Aziê te gedragen, hierbij gesteund door zijn moeder. Antiochus bracht zijn broer in 239 v.Chr. nabij Ancyra een zware nederlaag toe, en kon pas tussen 236 en 228 geleidelijk bedwongen worden, en dan nog door Attalus I van Pergamon.
  
  Seleucus II had twee zonen, zijn opvolgers Seleucus III en Antiochus III, en twee dochters. Hij overleed in 225 als gevolg van een val van zijn paard.

• (Geschiedenis) .Source 2

  Seleucus II Callinicus or Pogon (Greek: S??e???? ?' ?a????????, the epithets meaning "beautiful victor" and "bearded", respectively), was a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, who reigned from 246 to 225 BC. After the death of this father, Antiochus, he was proclaimed king by his mother, Laodice in Ephesos, while her partisans at Antioch murdered Berenice and her son, another Antiochus.
  
  This dynastic feud began the Third Syrian War. Ptolemy III, who was Berenice's brother and the ruler of Egypt, invaded the Seleucid Empire and marched victoriously to the Tigris or beyond. He received the submission of the Seleucid Empire's eastern provinces, while Egyptian fleets swept the coast of Asia Minor.
  
  Seleucus managed to maintain himself in the interior of Asia Minor. When Ptolemy returned to Egypt, Seleucus recovered Northern Syria and the nearer provinces of Iran. However, Antiochus Hierax, a younger brother of Seleucus, was set up as a rival in Asia Minor against Seleucus by a party to which Laodice herself adhered.
  
  At Ancyra (about 235 BC) Seleucus sustained a crushing defeat and left the country beyond the Taurus to his brother and the other powers of the peninsula. Seleucus then undertook an anabasis to regain Parthia, the results of which came to nothing. According to some sources, he was even taken prisoner for several years by the Parthian king. Other sources mention that he established a peace with Arsaces I, who recognized his sovereignty.
  
  In Asia Minor, Pergamon now rose to greatness under Attalus I. Antiochus Hierax, after a failed attempt to seize his brother's dominions when his own were vanishing, perished as a fugitive in Thrace in 228 or 227 BC.
  
  About a year later, Seleucus was killed by a fall from his horse. Seleucus II married his cousin Laodice II, by whom he had five children and among them were: Antiochis, Seleucus III Ceraunus and Antiochus III the Great. He was succeeded by his elder son, Seleucus III Ceraunus, and later by his younger son Antiochus III the Great.

• A child of Antiochus II "Theos" Seleukid and Laodice I Seleukid
• This information was last updated on January 1, 2013.

Household of Seleucus II "Callinicus" Seleukid

He is married to Laodice II Seleukid.

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2. Antiochus III "de Grote" Seleukid   
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