Editing Antiochus IX Cyzicenus (section)

==Biography==
[[File:Antakya Archaeological Museum Antiochus X Eusebes Philopator head sept 2019 5835.jpg|thumb|Bust probably depicting Antiochus IX.<ref>ARTHUR HOUGHTON, '' THE PORTRAIT OF ANTIOCHUS IX'' [ Antike Kunst, vol 27, issue 2], Vereinigung der Freunde Antiker Kunst, 1984, pp. 123-128.</ref>]]
The son of [[Antiochus VII]] and [[Cleopatra Thea]],<ref name="Virtual_Religion_AntiochusIX"/> upon the death of his father in [[Parthia]] and his uncle [[Demetrius II Nicator|Demetrius II]]'s return to power (129 BC), his mother sent him to [[Cyzicus]] on the [[Bosporus]], thus giving him his nickname.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

Following the death of his mother c. 121 BC,<ref name="Virtual_Religion_AntiochusIX"/> Antiochus IX Cyzicenus challenged his half-brother, [[Antiochus VIII]], for power over Syria.<ref name="Virtual_Religion_AntiochusIX"/>

He returned to [[Syria]] in 116 BC to claim the [[Seleucid dynasty|Seleucid]] throne from Antiochus VIII, with whom he eventually divided Syria,{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} that same year.<ref name="Virtual_Religion_AntiochusIX"/>

Antiochus IX was first married to [[Cleopatra IV]], who was said to have been killed in 112 BC<ref name="penelope.uchicago.edu">{{Cite web|url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Africa/Egypt/_Texts/BEVHOP/11*.html|title = E. R. Bevan: The House of Ptolemy • Chap. XI}}</ref> by her sister and rival [[Tryphaena]], wife of Antiochus VIII.<ref name="DH">Aidan Dodson, Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, 2004</ref><ref name="CB">[http://www.tyndalehouse.com/Egypt/ptolemies/thea_fr.htm Cleopatra Thea] by Chris Bennett</ref><ref>Justin 39, 3, 3-11.</ref> Antiochus VIII was assassinated in 96 BC. Antiochus IX then captured Antioch and married his brother's widow, [[Cleopatra Selene of Syria|Cleopatra Selene]], who was the sister of Cleopatra IV.<ref name="penelope.uchicago.edu"/>

Antiochus IX was subsequently killed in battle against Antiochus VIII's son [[Seleucus VI]] later in 96 BC.