Family tree of the Arsacids

Family tree of the Arsacids.

The solid lines show parent-to-child lineage and dashed lines indicate a questionable blood relationship or adopted siblings. Official monarchs have their names in bold to distinguish them from pretenders or rival claimants.

Arsaces I
(247-217 B.C.)

Tiridates Ι

Arsaces II
(217-191 B.C.)

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Phriapatius
(191-176 B.C.)

Phraates I
(176-165 B.C.)

Mithridates I
(165-132 B.C.)

Artabanus Ι
(127-124 B.C.)

Sanatruces
(75-69 B.C.)

Phraates II
(132-127 B.C.

Mithridates II
(124-91 B.C.)

Phraates III
(69-57 B.C.)

Gotarzes I
(91-80 B.C.)

Mithridates III
(87-80 B.C.)

Orodes II
(57-38 B.C.)

Orodes I
(80-75 B.C.)

Phraates IV
(38-2 B.C.)

Pacorus I
(39 B.C.)

Tiridates II
(29-26 B.C.)

Mithridates
(10 B.C.)

Phraates V
(2 B.C.-A.D. 4)

Vonones I
(8-12)

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Phraates
(35)

Orodes III
(6)

Artabanus II
(10-38)

Cinnamus
(37)

Vonones II
(51)

Tiridates III
(35-36)

Mehardates
(49)

Vardanes I
(40-47)

(adopted)
Gotarzes II
(40-51)

Vologases I
(51-78)

Sanabares
(50-65)

Vardanes II
(54-58)

Vologases II
(77-80)

Pacorus II
(78-105)

Artabanus III
(79/80-81)

Vologases III
(105-147)

Parthamasiris

Axidares

Mithridates V
(129-140)

Osroes I
(109-129)

Tiridates IV
(224-228)

Vologases IV
(147-191)

Sinatruces II
(116)

Parthamaspates
(116)

Osroes II
(190)

Vologases V
(192-208)

Rev I of Iberia

Vologases VI
(208-228)

Artabanus IV
(216-224)

Khosrov I of Armenia

Arsacids of
Iberia

Ardashir I
Founder of the
Sasanian Empire

Murrod

(unnamed)

Arsacids of
Armenia