Seleucus VII Philometor (
Greek: Σέλευκος Ζ΄), was a ruler of the
Macedonian Seleucid kingdom. The last members of the once mighty
Seleucid dynasty are shadowy figures; local dynasts with complicated family ties whose identities are hard to ascertain: many of them also bore the same names. Seleucus was unknown until recently: from coins issued by him and his mother,
Ptolemaic princess
Cleopatra Selene, it is presumed that he was her son by king
Antiochus X Eusebes, and a brother of later king
Antiochus XIII Asiaticus. He appears to have "reigned" during the occupation of
Syria by
Armenian king
Tigranes (
83-69 BC). In reality, only a few cities were loyal to the Seleucids during this period.