Cleopatra IV of Egypt
| Cleopatra IV | |
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| Queen of Egypt | |
| Reign | 116-115 BC |
| Coronation | 116 |
| Predecessor | Queen Cleopatra III of Egypt |
| Successor | Queen Cleopatra Selene I |
| Regent and husband | Ptolemy IX of Egypt |
| Seleucid Queen (Queen Consort of Syria) | |
| Reign | 114-112 BC (in opposition to queen consort Tryphaena) |
| Coronation | 114 BC |
| Predecessor | Queen consort Tryphaena |
| Successor | Queen consort Cleopatra Selene I |
| Regent and husband | Antiochus IX Cyzicenus |
| Born | c. 138 – 135 BC |
| Died | 112 BC |
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| Issue | Possibly Ptolemy XII and Ptolemy of Cyprus Maybe Antiochus X |
| Dynasty | Ptolemaic |
| Father | Ptolemy VIII of Egypt |
| Mother | Cleopatra III of Egypt |
Cleopatra IV (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα) was Queen of Egypt briefly from 116 to 115 BC, jointly with her husband Ptolemy IX Lathyros. She later became queen consort of Syria as the wife of Antiochus IX Cyzicenus.
Cleopatra IV was the daughter of Ptolemy VIII Physcon and Cleopatra III of Egypt. She was born between 138 and 135 BC. She was the sister of Ptolemy IX, Ptolemy X, Cleopatra Selene I and Tryphaena.
Cleopatra IV married her brother Ptolemy IX Lathyros when he was still a prince in c. 119/118 BC. Cleopatra IV may be the mother of Ptolemy XII Auletes and Ptolemy of Cyprus, although an unnamed concubine could be the mother of these two men as well.
In c. 115, BC Cleopatra III forced Cleopatra IV and Ptolemy IX to divorce. She replaced Cleopatra IV with her sister Cleopatra Selene I.
After her forced divorce, Cleopatra IV fled Egypt and went to Cyprus, where she married Antiochus IX Cyzicenus and brought him the army of Antiochus VIII Grypus, which she had convinced to follow her. Antiochus Cyzicenus was the half brother of Antiochus Grypus, the Seleucid king of Syria. Antiochus Grypus fought Antiochus Cyzicenus and eventually chased him to Antioch. Grypus was married to Cleopatra IV's sister Tryphaena. Tryphaena decided that Cleopatra IV should die and over the protests of her husband summoned some soldiers and had Cleopatra IV murdered in the sanctuary of Daphne in Antioch.
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