Alexander Balas

E451861

Hellenistic ruler Seleucid king pretender to the throne

Alexander Balas was a 2nd-century BC pretender to the Seleucid throne who briefly ruled the Seleucid Empire after overthrowing Demetrius I Soter, amid ongoing conflicts with neighboring powers.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Alexander Balas canonical	4
Alexander I Balas	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hellenistic ruler ⓘ Seleucid king ⓘ pretender to the throne ⓘ
ally	Jonathan Apphus NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemy VI Philometor NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthPlace	Smyrna NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Antioch NERFINISHED ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	2nd century BC ⓘ
claimedParent	Antiochus IV Epiphanes NERFINISHED ⓘ Laodice IV NERFINISHED ⓘ
coinage	issued silver tetradrachms bearing his image ⓘ
conflict	Seleucid civil war against Demetrius I Soter NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Seleucid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathDate	145 BC ⓘ
deathPlace	near Antioch ⓘ
downfall	defeated by Demetrius II Nicator and Ptolemy VI ⓘ
dynasty	Seleucid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Greek ⓘ
father	Antiochus IV Epiphanes NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	Alexander I Balas NERFINISHED ⓘ
legitimacy	widely regarded as a usurper ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	killed in battle ⓘ
mother	Laodice IV NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	marriage alliance with Ptolemaic Egypt through Cleopatra Thea ⓘ overthrew Demetrius I Soter ⓘ recognized as king by the Roman Senate ⓘ
occupation	monarch ⓘ
opponent	Demetrius I Soter NERFINISHED ⓘ Demetrius II Nicator NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemy VI Philometor NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	King of the Seleucid Empire ⓘ
predecessor	Demetrius I Soter NERFINISHED ⓘ
reignEnd	145 BC ⓘ
reignStart	150 BC ⓘ
religion	Hellenistic polytheism ⓘ
riseToPower	backed by foreign powers claiming to be son of Antiochus IV ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
source	1 Maccabees NERFINISHED ⓘ Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Cleopatra Thea NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor	Demetrius II Nicator NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportedBy	Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Pergamon NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
title	Basileus (King) ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Seventh Syrian War → opponent → Alexander Balas ⓘ

Seventh Syrian War → participant → Alexander Balas ⓘ

Jonathan Apphus → opponent → Alexander Balas ⓘ

Jonathan Apphus → appointedBy → Alexander Balas ⓘ

Demetrius I Soter → successor → Alexander Balas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexander I Balas

Demetrius I Soter → enemy → Alexander Balas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexander I Balas