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  2. Cleopatra of Macedon - Wikipedia

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    Cleopatra of Macedonia (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα της Μακεδονίας; c. 355/354 BC – 308 BC), or Cleopatra of Epirus (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα της Ηπείρου) was an ancient Macedonian princess and later queen regent of Epirus.

  3. Cleopatra Eurydice - Wikipedia

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    Eurydice (Greek: Εὐρυδίκη), born Cleopatra (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα) was a mid-4th century BC Macedonian noblewoman, niece of Attalus, and last of the seven wives of Philip II of Macedon, but the first Macedonian one.

  4. Ethnicity of Cleopatra - Wikipedia

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    A bust of Cleopatra VII dated to 40–30 BC, now located at the Vatican Museums, showing her with a "melon" hairstyle and a Hellenistic royal diadem [1]. The ethnicity of Cleopatra VII, the last active Hellenistic ruler of the Macedonian-led Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, has caused debate in some circles.

  5. Cleopatra - Wikipedia

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    Cleopatra was the name of Alexander the Great's sister Cleopatra of Macedonia, as well as the wife of Meleager in Greek mythology, Cleopatra Alcyone. [7] Through the marriage of Ptolemy V Epiphanes and Cleopatra I Syra (a Seleucid princess), the name entered the Ptolemaic dynasty.

  6. Egypt says Netflix's portrayal of Cleopatra as a Black woman ...

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    Coins and statues from the time show a light-skinned woman, in keeping with Cleopatra's Macedonian Greek ancestry, it argued. Dr. Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of ...

  7. After backlash to Netflix's Black 'Queen Cleopatra,' Egypt ...

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    Egyptologists have confirmed that she was Macedonian-Greek on the side of her father, Ptolemy XII, but her maternal heritage is less clear; little is known about her birth mother’s ethnic origin.

  8. Attalus (general) - Wikipedia

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    Attalus was born in Lower Macedonia in 390 BC. [1] In 338 BC, [2] Attalus's adopted niece Cleopatra Eurydice married king Philip II of Macedonia. It is said that at the wedding, Attalus made a prayer that Cleopatra may give birth to a legitimate male heir to Philip. This was seen as a direct insult to Alexander the Great. [3] [4] [5] [6]

  9. Gal Gadot on ‘Cleopatra’ Casting: We Tried to Find Macedonian ...

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