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The Ptolemic Period included several queens in Egypt named Cleopatra, the most famous and influential being Queen Cleopatra VII. One of the most fascinating women in history, Cleopatra was the daughter of Ptolemy XII (Ptolemy Auletes) and Cleopatra V. During her lifetime, Cleopatra served as the last pharaoh of Egypt, spoke nine languages, married two of her own brothers (as was custom in the royal family), won a Civil War against her brother, Ptolemy XIII, was mistress to and fathered a son (Caesarion, Ptolemy XIV) with Julius Caesar, and met and married her love, Mark Antony. Cleopatra’s reign ended with her suicide, at the age of 39, after she and Antony were defeated by Octavian, Caesar’s heir, at the Battle of Actium. It is believed that she chose the bite from a Egyptian cobra snake (asp) as the means of her death to insure her immortality as a goddess.

Cleopatra Family Tree

                     
Ptolemy III
b: 276 BC in Egypt
d: 222 BC in Egypt
 
             
Ptolemy IV
b: 246 BC in Egypt
d: 205 BC in Egypt
  Next generation
               
Berenice II of Cyrene
b: in Thrace
d: in Egypt
 
     
Ptolemy V
b: 210 BC in Egypt
d: 180 BC in Egypt
             
                 
Ptolemy III
b: 276 BC in Egypt
d: 222 BC in Egypt
 
           
Arsinoe III
b: 244 BC in Egypt
d: 204 BC in Egypt
  Next generation
                 
Berenice II of Cyrene
b: in Thrace
d: in Egypt
 
Previous generation  
Ptolemy VIII
b: in Egypt
d: 116 BC in Egypt
               
               
             
Antiochus IV the Great
b: in Syria
d: in Syria
 
             
   
Cleopatra I
b: in Syria
d: 180 BC in Egypt
     
     
       
       
       

 

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