Berenice III | |
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Pharaoh | |
Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom | |
Reign | 101–88 BC (with Ptolemy X) 81–80 BC (as sole monarch) |
Predecessor | Ptolemy X Alexander I |
Successor | Ptolemy XI Alexander II |
Consorts | Ptolemy X Ptolemy XI Alexander II |
Children | Cleopatra V of Egypt (possibly) |
Father | Ptolemy IX Soter |
Mother | Cleopatra Selene |
Born | 115/114 BC[1] |
Died | April 80 BC (aged 34–35)[1] Alexandria, Egypt |
Dynasty | Ptolemaic |
Berenice III (Greek: Βερενίκη; 120–80 BC), also known as Cleopatra,[2] ruled between 101 and 80 BC. Modern scholars studying Berenice III refer to her sometimes as Cleopatra Berenice. She was co-ruling queen of Ptolemaic Egypt with her uncle/husband Ptolemy X Alexander I, from 101 to 88 BC[1] and again in 81 BC with her father Ptolemy IX Soter, before reigning as sole monarch of Egypt from 81 to 80 BC.