King Gyges of Lydia was King of Lydia (which ruled over Western Anatolia) in the 7th century BC. He founded the Ardys dynasty.
King Alyattes of Lydia (Gyges’ great-grandson) was most likely the great grandfather of King Cyrus the Great, through his daughter Aryenis.
King Cyrus the great was an 8th generation ancestor of King Darius.
King Darius’ daughter Stateira married Alexander the Great.
Alexander the Great’s half-sister Thessalonike married King Cassander.
Cassander’s sister Phila was the grandmother of Basileus Antiochus II Theos of the Seleucid Empire. Phila is probably a direct ancestor of the Bagrationi dynasty of Georgia.
Antiochus II was the 7th generation ancestor of Pharnaces II of Pontus. (Antiochus IV Epiphanes -> Laodice -> Laodice)
Pharnaces II was probably the grandfather of King Aspurgus of Bosporus through his daughter Dynamis.
Aspurgus was likely a direct ancestor of King Rhescuporis of Bosporus. Assuming that is true based on coinage… the following is true.
Rhescuporis was the grandfather of King Aspacures of Iberia, in modern-day Georgia.
Aspacures was a direct ancestor of King Demeterius I of Georgia, and the current heir to the Georgian throne.
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