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Cleopatra I Syra (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα ἡ Σύρα; c. 204 – 176 BC) was a princess of the Seleucid Empire, Queen of Ptolemaic Egypt by marriage to Ptolemy V of Egypt, and regent of Egypt during the minority of their son, Ptolemy VI, from her husband's death in 180 BC until her own death in 176 BC.
- 193 - 176 BC, (also regent for her co-monarch Ptolemy VI between 180 and 176 BC)
- Laodice III
Cleopatra I Syra (died 176 bc) was the queen of Egypt (193–176 bc), wife of Ptolemy V Epiphanes and regent for her minor son, Ptolemy VI Philometor. Daughter of Antiochus III the Great of the Syrian Empire, Cleopatra was married to Ptolemy V in 193 as part of the Peace of Lysimacheia, concluding warfare and border conflicts between Syria and ...
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Jun 8, 2023 · Known to her husband’s court as Cleopatra Syra – ‘the Syrian’ – she was the first of the Cleopatras, and she was the one who set in motion a transdynastic vogue for the naming of successive generations of daughters of the Egyptian royal house.
Jun 28, 2017 · She was the first queen of Ptolemaic Egypt who did not belong to the Ptolemaic dynasty, Cleopatra was a Seleucid princess, and was probably born around 204 BC at Antioch in modern day Syria, her father, Antiochus III the Great was the Seleucid king, her mother was Laodice, daughter of King Mithridates II of Pontus, by Laodice, a member of the ...
Apr 17, 2024 · In this series (which I began in AE 137) we have explored how Cleopatra I Syra, the brilliant, capable, and astute mother of the equally remarkable Cleopatra II, provided the blueprint for what a queen was expected to do, could do in reality, and was actually able to get away with. In turn, we saw that Cleopatra II’s own influence undoubtedly ...
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.
Apr 22, 2024 · Cleopatra (born 70/69 bce —died August 30 bce, Alexandria) was an Egyptian queen, famous in history and drama as the lover of Julius Caesar and later as the wife of Mark Antony.
