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Following the death of their mother, Cleopatra I, in 177/6 BC, Cleopatra II was married to her brother Ptolemy VI Philometor in c. 175 BC, thus becoming Queen consort of Egypt, but she was declared formal co-regent with Ptolemy VI and their younger brother, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes Physcon, in 170 BC; [3] trio continued to reign together until ...
[118] [119] Cleopatra probably married her twelve-year-old brother, Ptolemy XIII, [94] but whether the marriage actually occurred is uncertain. [120] [116] The native Egyptian priesthood received a number of privileges and became extremely wealthy under their Ptolemaic patrons, often becoming targets of native Egyptian revolts. [121]
Cleopatra VII was born in early 69 BC to the ruling Ptolemaic pharaoh Ptolemy XII and an uncertain mother, [32] [33] [note 13] presumably Ptolemy XII's wife Cleopatra V Tryphaena (who may have been the same person as Cleopatra VI Tryphaena), [34] [35] [36] [note 14] [note 2] the mother of Cleopatra's older sister, Berenice IV Epiphaneia.
Cleopatra II (170–164, 163–127, 124–116 BC) initially Queen consort, then Queen regnant alongside her brother–husband Ptolemy VI, her younger brother (later husband) Ptolemy VIII, her son Ptolemy VII, her daughter Cleopatra III and briefly her grandson Ptolemy IX.
Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, committed suicide on August 30th, 30 B.C. ... Years later, Cleopatra most likely killed another brother of her's, in order to further advance her reign once more.
He and his older sister, Cleopatra, were married, but Cleopatra continued to act as lover of Roman dictator Julius Caesar. Ptolemy is considered to have reigned in name only, as a concession to Egyptian tradition, with Cleopatra keeping actual authority.
Queen Cleopatra's life is explored in a Netflix docuseries by the same name. The Egyptian queen had at least 2 husbands and famous lovers. Here's what to know:
Cleopatra II and her full brothers Ptolemy VI Philometor and Ptolemy VIII Physcon [84] [83] [4] Ptolemy IX Soter and his full sisters Cleopatra IV [85] and Cleopatra Selene, [86] [4] who later married her other full brother Ptolemy X Alexander I. [87] Ptolemy XI Alexander II and his possible half-sister Berenice III