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Family: Pharaoh Ptolemy VI Philometor / Cleopatra II (F6630)

• Male Pharaoh Ptolemy VI Philometor

  
  

  Birth	186 BCE	Alexandria, Egypt
  Death
  Burial
  Marriage	yes, date unknown  [1, 2, 3]
  Father	Pharaoh Ptolemy V Epiphanes | F6633 Group Sheet
  Mother	Cleopatra I | F6633 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Cleopatra II

  
  

  Birth	About 185 BCE
  Death	116 BCE
  Burial
  Other Spouse	Ptolemy VIII | F8621
  Marriage
  Father	Pharaoh Ptolemy V Epiphanes | F6633 Group Sheet
  Mother	Cleopatra I | F6633 Group Sheet

  
  

  Male Ptolemy Eupator

  
  

  Birth	15 Oct 166 BCE
  Death	Aug 152 BCE
  Burial

  
  

  Female + Cleopatra Thea

  
  

  Birth	Abt 164 BCE
  Death	121 BCE
  Burial
  Spouse	Alexander Bales, King of Syria | F6629
  Marriage	Abt 150 BCE
  Spouse	Demetrius II Nicator, King of Syria | F6628
  Marriage	Abt 145 BCE
  Spouse	Antiochus VII Sidetes | F8619
  Marriage	yes, date unknown

  
  

  Female Cleopatra III

  
  

  Birth	Between 160 and 155 BCE
  Death	Sep 101 BCE
  Burial
  Spouse	Ptolemy VIII | F8620
  Marriage

  
  

  Male Ptolemy

  
  

  Birth	Abt 152 BCE
  Death	Abt 130 BCE
  Burial

  
  

  Female Berenice

  
  

  Birth	160s BCE
  Death	Before 133 BCE
  Burial

  
  

• Notes

  Married: They were brother and sister. She was about 6 or 7, he about 10. This under-age marriage was arranged by Eulaeus (a eunuch) and Lenaeus (an ex-slave), two regents who, in lieu of anyone better situated, assumed their authority after Cleopatra I's death. [3]

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S60] Stuart, Roderick W., Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S1834] Redford, Donald B. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, (Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2001). [S1838] Encyclopedia.com, (On-line: https://www.encyclopedia.com/).