Izates I
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Izates I was king of Adiabene
in the late 1st century BCE and father of Helena of Adiabene
and Monobaz I
. As the custom of that time dictated, Helana and Monobaz were married.
Adiabene
Adiabene was an ancient Assyrian independent kingdom in Mesopotamia, with its capital at Arbela...
in the late 1st century BCE and father of Helena of Adiabene
Helena of Adiabene
Helena of Adiabene was queen of Adiabene and wife of Monobaz I. With her husband she was the mother of Izates II and Monobaz II. She died about 56 CE. Her name and the fact that she was her husband's sister indicate a Hellenistic origin...
and Monobaz I
Monobaz I
Monobaz I was king of the neo Assyrian Parthian client state of Adiabene in the 20s and 30s of the 1st century CE. He was the husband of Queen Helena of Adiabene. With Helena he fathered Izates bar Monobaz and Monobaz II....
. As the custom of that time dictated, Helana and Monobaz were married.