Tigranes VI, also known as Tigran VI or by his Roman name Gaius Julius Tigranes before 25 – after 68) is a Herodian Prince and serves as a Roman Client King of Armenia in the 1st century.
Tigranes is of Jewish, Nabataean, Edomite, Greek, Armenian and Persian ancestry.
He is the child born to Alexander by an unnamed wife.
His mother is a noblewoman that flourishes in the reigns of the first two Roman Emperors Augustus and Tiberius.
He is the namesake of his paternal uncle Tigranes V, who serves as a previous King of Armenia during the reign of Augustus.
His father’s parents are Alexander and Glaphyra.
Tigranes appears to be the only known grandchild born to his paternal grandparents.
His paternal grandfather Alexander was a Judean Prince, of Jewish, Nabataean and Edomite descent and was a son of King of Judea, Herod the Great and his wife Mariamne.
His paternal grandmother Glaphyra was a Cappadocian Princess, of Greek, Armenian and Persian descent.
She was the daughter of the King Archelaus of Cappadocia and her mother was an unnamed Princess from Armenia, possibly a relation of the Artaxiad Dynasty.
Tigranes’ name is a reflection of his Armenian and Hellenic lineage.
The name Tigranes is the most common royal name in the Artaxiad Dynasty and is among the most ancient names of the Armenian Kings.
Josephus states that his ancestral line had been kings of Armenia.
Like his father and paternal uncle, Tigranes is an apostate to Judaism.
It is unlikely that Tigranes attempted to exert influence on Judaean Politics.
