Cleopatra iii of egypt biography of michael
Cleopatra III (c. 155–101 BCE)
Queen of Egypt. Name variations: Cleopatra III Euergetis. Born around 155 bce in Egypt; died in 101 bce; daughter of Ptolemy VI Philometor and Cleopatra II (c. 183–116 bce); married her uncle-stepfather Ptolemy VIII Euergetes; children: two sons, Ptolemy IX Philometor Soter II and Ptolemy X Alexander I; three daughters, Cleopatra Selene, Cleopatra IV, and Cleopatra Tryphaena (d. after 112 bce).
Cleopatra III was the daughter of Ptolemy VI Philometor and Cleopatra II of Egypt, who were brother and sister as well as husband and wife. Cleopatra III's political life began when she was very young, for as an infant she was betrothed (but not sent) to her uncle Ptolemy VIII Euergetes (the younger sibling of her parents), then established on Cyprus. The death of her father Ptolemy VI in 145 bce brought on the reign of Cleopatra III's brother, Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator under her mother's regency. This government quickly failed, however, because the d Ancient egypt biography!