Demetrius II Nicator

Demetrius II Nicator
Basileus of the Seleucid Empire
Reign	September 145 – July/August 138 BC
Predecessor	Alexander Balas
Successor	Diodotus Tryphon
Reign	129 – 126 BC
Predecessor	Antiochus VII Sidetes
Successor	Alexander II Zabinas or Cleopatra Thea
Born	c. 160 BC
Died	125 BC (Aged 35)
Spouse	Cleopatra Thea Rhodogune of Parthia (married 138–131 BC)
Issue	Seleucus V Philometor Antiochus VIII Grypus Laodice [1]
Dynasty	Seleucid
Father	Demetrius I Soter
Mother	Laodice V?

Demetrius II (Ancient Greek: Δημήτριος Β`, Dēmḗtrios B; died 125 BC), called Nicator (Ancient Greek: Νικάτωρ, Nikátōr, "Victor"), was one of the sons of Demetrius I Soter. His mother may have been Laodice V, as was the case with his brother Antiochus VII Sidetes. Demetrius ruled the Seleucid Empire for two periods, separated by a number of years of captivity in Hyrcania in Parthia,^[2] first from September 145 BC to July/August 138 BC, and again from 129 BC until his death in 125 BC.^[3] His brother Antiochus VII ruled the Seleucid Empire in the interim between his two reigns.