Cleopatra II

Cleopatra II
Pharaoh
Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom
Reign	175–170 BC (as consort) 170–164 BC 163–127 BC (as sole monarch in 131–127 BC) 124–116/5 BC
Coregency	Ptolemy VI (170-164, 163-145 BC) Ptolemy VIII Physcon (170-164, 145-132/1, 127-116 BC) Cleopatra III (140-132/1, 127-116 BC) Ptolemy IX Lathyros (116 BC)
Royal titulary Nomen Klaupadrat Netjeret Meretmut Cleopatra, the goddess, beloved of Mut
Consorts	Ptolemy VI of Egypt (m. 175 BC; died 145 BC) Ptolemy VIII of Egypt (m. 145 BC; died 116 BC)
Children	Ptolemy Eupator Cleopatra Thea, Queen of Syria Berenice (possibly) Cleopatra III, Queen of Egypt Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator
Father	Ptolemy V of Egypt
Mother	Cleopatra I of Egypt
Born	c. 185 BC
Died	116/115 BC (Aged 69)
Dynasty	Ptolemaic dynasty

Cleopatra II Philometor Soteira (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Φιλομήτωρ Σώτειρα, Kleopatra Philomētōr Sōteira; c. 185 BC – 116/115 BC) was Queen consort of Ptolemaic Egypt from 175 to 170 BC as wife of Ptolemy VI Philometor, and then Queen regnant since 170 BC as co-ruler with her two successive brother-husbands, her daughter, and her grandson.

She co-ruled during her first reign since 170 until 164 BC, with Ptolemy VI Philometor, her first husband and the older of her brothers, and Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II, her younger brother. During her second reign she co-ruled again with Ptolemy VI from 163 BC until his death in 145 BC. She then ruled with her younger brother, Ptolemy VIII, whom she married, and her daughter Cleopatra III. She was sole ruler of Egypt from 131 BC to 127 BC. Her final reign from 124 BC to 116/5 BC was also spent in coregency with Ptolemy VIII and Cleopatra III.

She was the first Ptolemaic queen known for certain to rule in her own right, and thus first confirmed female Pharaoh of Egypt since Tausret's reign during New Kingdom period.