Cleopatra II

Cleopatra II
Pharaoh
Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom
Reign	c. 175–164 BC 163–127 BC (as sole monarch in 131–127 BC) 124–116/5 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 Σωτείρα, Kleopatra Philomētōr Sōteira; c. 185 BC – 116/115 BC) was a queen of Ptolemaic Egypt who ruled from 175 to 115 BC with two successive brother-husbands and her daughter—often in rivalry with her brother Ptolemy VIII.

She co-ruled during her first reign, 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.