Berenice III | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Father | Ptolemy IX Soter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mother | Cleopatra Selene
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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 queen consort of Ptolemaic Egypt, or possibly queen regnant, with her uncle/husband Ptolemy X Alexander I, from 101 to 88 BC[1] and again in 81 BC, before reigning as sole monarch of Egypt from 81 to 80 BC.