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- When King Ptolemy V had died in 180 BC, he had left three children: Ptolemy VI, Cleopatra II, and Ptolemy VIII.
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Ptolemy X, born Alexander, was a member of the Greek Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt. When King Ptolemy V had died in 180 BC, he had left three children: Ptolemy VI, Cleopatra II, and Ptolemy VIII. All three ruled together from 169 BC until 164 BC, when Ptolemy VIII expelled his brother from power.
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Ptolemy I (c. 366–283 B.C.E. ) was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great (356–323 B.C.E. ) and founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt, a family of fifteen kings—all of whom were named Ptolemy—who reigned over Egypt for more than three hundred years.
Ptolemy X Alexander I was a Macedonian king of Egypt who, under the direction of his mother, Cleopatra III, ruled Egypt alternately with his brother Ptolemy IX Soter II and around 105 became involved in a civil war in the Seleucid kingdom in Syria.
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Jul 12, 2024 · Ptolemy VIII returned to Alexandria after his brother's death and married Cleopatra II. They had several children, including Ptolemy Memphites who was born during Ptolemy VIII's coronation in 143 BCE. Ptolemy VIII quickly began eliminating all who opposed his reign.
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Jan 31, 2022 · Cleopatra Selene had two children with King Juba. She ruled for two decades before dying at the age of 35. 4. Ptolemy Philadelphus. Not much is known about Cleopatra’s youngest child.
Sep 22, 2019 · The first of the seven Egyptian queens named Cleopatra was the future Queen Cleopatra I, who was probably born at Antioch around 204 BC. She was a daughter of Antiochus III The Great and Laodice III, she was also a third cousin of Ptolemy V Epiphanes – the Egyptian ruler who she later married.
