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Laodice

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Laodice (meaning "people-justice") may refer to:

Greek mythology

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Egypt

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  • Ladice of Cyrene (fl. 548 BC to 526 BC), a Cyrenaean princess, member of the Battiad dynasty, and consort of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Amasis II (erroneously named Laodice by Montaigne in his essays)

Noblewoman from the Seleucid Empire

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  • Laodice of Macedonia, wife of General Antiochus (fl. 4th century BC), mother of Seleucus I Nicator
  • Laodice I (3rd century BC), queen of Antiochus II Theos and mother of Seleucus II Callinicus
  • Laodice II (265-222 BC), queen of Seleucus II Callinicus
  • Laodice III (fl. 222 BC), daughter of Mithridates II of Pontus and Laodice, first wife of Antiochus III the Great
  • Laodice IV (fl. 3rd century BC & 2nd century BC), daughter of Antiochus III the Great and Laodice III, wife of Antiochus, Seleucus IV Philopator and Antiochus IV Epiphanes
  • Laodice V (fl. 2nd century BC), daughter of Seleucus IV Philopator and Laodice IV, wife of Perseus of Macedon and later a possible wife of Demetrius I Soter
  • Laodice (ca. 358–281 BC), daughter of Seleucus I Nicator and Apama
  • Laodice (d. 261 BC), daughter of Antiochus I Soter and Stratonice of Syria
  • Laodice (fl. 2nd century BC), daughter of Cleopatra Thea and Demetr

See also

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