Berenice IV | |
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Pharaoh | |
Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom | |
Reign | 58-55 BC with Cleopatra VI/Cleopatra V (until 57 BC) |
Predecessor | Ptolemy XII Auletes |
Successor | Ptolemy XII Auletes |
Consort | Seleucus VII Kybiosaktes Archelaus I of Comana |
Father | Ptolemy XII Auletes |
Mother | Cleopatra V of Egypt |
Born | 77 BC Alexandria, Egypt |
Died | 55 BC Alexandria, Egypt |
Burial | Alexandria, Egypt |
Dynasty | Ptolemaic dynasty |
Berenice IV Epiphaneia (Ancient Greek: Βερενίκη; 77–55 BC, born and died in Alexandria, Egypt) was ruling Ptolemaic queen and Hellenistic pharaoh of the Ptolemaic kingdom. From 58 to 55 BC, Berenice IV ruled Egypt during the political exile of her father Ptolemy XII Auletes to Rome. It is unclear if she was co-ruler of Egypt with her mother Cleopatra V or a possible sister Cleopatra VI from 58 to 57 BC, but became sole ruler in 57 BC. On the return of Ptolemy XII to Egypt with Roman military aid and an army led by Aulus Gabinius, Berenice IV was overthrown and executed by her rival father, who later bequeathed his throne to his daughter Cleopatra VII and son Ptolemy XIII as co-rulers.