Philometor ( el, Φιλομήτωρ, link=no), meaning "mother-loving", was a common royal

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monarchs: * Antiochus VIII Philometor, Seleucid King *

Ariarathes VII Philometor Ariarathes VII Philometor ("mother-loving") ( grc, Ἀριαράθης Φιλομήτωρ, Ariaráthēs Philomḗtōr; reigned in 116–101 BC or 111–100 BC), King of Cappadocia, was the first son of King Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia and ...

, King of Cappadocia *

Attalus III Philometor Euergetes Attalus III ( el, Ἄτταλος Γ΄) Philometor Euergetes ( – 133 BC) was the last Attalid king of Pergamon, ruling from 138 BC to 133 BC. Biography Attalus III was the son of king Eumenes II and his queen Stratonice of Pergamon, and h ...

, King of Pergamon * Cleopatra Philometor Soteira, Queen of Egypt *

Paerisades IV Philometor Paerisades IV Philometor ( el, Παιρισάδης Φιλομήτωρ) seems to have been a Spartocid king of the Bosporan Kingdom from c. 150 to 125 BC. Reign He was presumably the eldest son of Paerisades III, and his first wife Kamasarye. He ...

, King of the Bosporan Kingdom *

Ptolemy VI Philometor Ptolemy VI Philometor ( gr, Πτολεμαῖος Φιλομήτωρ, ''Ptolemaĩos Philomḗtōr'';"Ptolemy, lover of his Mother". 186–145 BC) was a Greek king of Ptolemaic Egypt who reigned from 180 to 164 BC and from 163 to 145 BC. Ptolemy ...

, King of Egypt * Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar, son of Cleopatra VII and Julius Caesar *

Seleucus V Philometor The Seleucid king Seleucus V Philometor (Greek: Σέλευκος Ε΄ ὁ Φιλομήτωρ; 126/125 BC), ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom, was the eldest son of Demetrius II Nicator and Cleopatra Thea. The epithet ''Philometor'' means " ...

, Seleucid King *

Seleucus VII Philometor Seleucus VII Philometor ( grc-gre, Φιλομήτωρ) or Kybiosactes ( grc-gre, Κυβιοσάκτης), was a ruler of the Seleucid kingdom based in Syria. But his existence is disputed. Biography King of Syria The last members of the once mig ...

, Seleucid King

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