Cotys IX of Thrace (Roman Client king of Lesser Armenia)

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Personal and Family Information

Cotys was the son of Cotys III (VIII) of Thrace and Antonia Typhæna of Pontus. The date and place of his birth have not been found.

He died after 0048. The place is not known.

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)


 

Cotys IX of Thrace
(->0048)

 

Cotys III (VIII) of Thrace
(-0018)

 

Rhoemetalces I of Thrace
(-0012)

 

Cotys I (II, VI) of Thrace
(-c0015BC)

 
     
 
 
   

Pythodoris I of Thrace
 

   
 
 
     
 
 
   

Antonia Typhæna of Pontus
(->0038)

 

Polemon I Pythadoros of Pontus
(-0008BC)

 

Zenon
 

 
   

Tryphaena
 

 
   

Pythadoris I of Pontus
(0030/29BC-0038)

 

Pythadoros of Tralles
(c0070BC->0028BC)

+
   

Antonia II Prima
(0054BC-?)

+

Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Death AFT 0048

Attributes

AttributeDateDescriptionDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Nobility Title FROM 0038 TO 0047 Roman Client king of Lesser Armenia

Notes

Note 1

Cotys was raised and educated in Rome along with his distant relative Roman prince and future Roman Emperor Caligula.

Note 2

Sometime after 48, Roman Emperor Claudius requested Cotys to abdicate the throne and replace him with a former Armenian King, Mithridates of Armenia.