Cleopatra II of Egypt
| Cleopatra II | |
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| Queen of Egypt | |
| Reign | c. 170-164 BC with Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII (First Reign) 164-145 BC with Ptolemy VI (Second Reign) 145-c. 139 BC with Ptolemy VIII 139-132 BC with Ptolemy VIII and daughter Cleopatra III 132-127 BC solo (Ptolemaic) |
| Predecessor | Ptolemy VI (First Reign) Ptolemy VIII (Second and Third Reign) |
| Successor | Ptolemy VIII (First Reign) Ptolemy VIII and Cleopatra III (Second Reign) Ptolemy IX and Cleopatra III |
| Consort | Ptolemy VI of Egypt, Ptolemy VIII of Egypt |
| Children |
With Ptolemy VI of Egypt: Ptolemy Eupator Ptolemy Cleopatra Thea Berenice Cleopatra III of Egypt With Ptolemy VIII of Egypt: Ptolemy Memphites |
| Father | Ptolemy V Epiphanes |
| Mother | Cleopatra I of Egypt |
| Born | c. 185 BC |
| Died | 116 BC |
Cleopatra II (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα; c. 185 BC – 116 BC) was a queen (and briefly sole ruler) of Ptolemaic Egypt.
Cleopatra II was the daughter of Ptolemy V and likely Cleopatra I. She was the sister of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon. She would eventually marry both of her brothers.
Her first marriage was with her brother Ptolemy VI in ca. 175 BC. They had at least four children:
Cleopatra II married her brother Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Physcon in c. 145 BC. They had at least one son:
Following the death of her mother (176 BC), she was married to her brother Ptolemy VI Philometor in c. 175 BC. Cleopatra II, Ptolemy VI and their brother, Ptolemy VIII, were co-rulers of Egypt from c. 171 BC to 164 BC.
In c. 169 BC, Antiochus IV of Syria invaded Egypt. Ptolemy VI Philometor joined Antiochus IV outside Alexandria. Ptolemy VI was crowned in Memphis and ruled with Cleopatra II. In 164 BC Cleopatra II and her husband were temporarily deposed by their brother Ptolemy VIII, but were restored to power in 163 BC.
Cleopatra II married her other brother, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II in 145 BC. In 142 BC Ptolemy VIII took Cleopatra's younger daughter, his niece, Cleopatra III, as wife.
Cleopatra II led a rebellion against Ptolemy VIII in 131 BC, and drove him and Cleopatra III out of Egypt. At this time Ptolemy VIII murdered both his stepson Ptolemy and his own son Ptolemy Memphites. Ptolemy VIII is said to have had his son dismembered and his head, hands and feet sent to Cleopatra II in Alexandria as a birthday present.
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