Cleopatra was the name of seven Egyptian queens of Greek decent who ruled between 193-30 B.C. during the Ptolemaic Dynasty. The most famous of them was Cleopatra VII Philopator, who had marriages with both Julius Caesar and Marc Antony of Rome; she was one of Egypt's last independent rulers.
Cleopatras of the Ptolemaic Dynasty | ||
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Pharaoh | Details | Dates |
Cleopatra I | Wife of Ptolemy V, co-regent with Ptolemy VI during his minority | 193-176 BC |
Cleopatra II | Wife of Ptolemy VI | 173-164 |
Cleopatra II | Married Ptolemy VIII; led revolt against her husband in 131 BC; became sole ruler of Egypt. | 163-127 BC |
Cleopatra III | Second wife of Ptolemy VIII | 142-131 BC |
Cleopatra III | Second rule; restored with Ptolemy VIII; later co-regent with Ptolemy IX and X. | 127-107 BC |
Cleopatra II | Reconciled with Ptolemy VIII; co-ruled with Cleopatra III and Ptolemy until 116. | 124-116 |
Cleopatra IV | Shortly married to Ptolemy IX, removed by Cleopatra III | 116-115 BC |
Cleopatra V Tryphaena | Wife of Ptolemy XII, mother of Berenice IV | ?-57 BC |
Cleopatra VI | Daughter of Ptolemy XII | ?-58 BC |
Cleopatra VII Philopator | The Cleopatra of legend; last ruler of Egypt before Roman conquest | 51-30 |