Cleopatra Selene of Syria
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Cleopatra Selene was the Queen consort of Egypt from 115 to 102 BC, the Queen consort of Syria from 102 to 92 BC, and the monarch of Syria from 82 to 69 BC. The daughter of Ptolemy VIII Physcon and Cl
Jugate bronze coin depicting Cleopatra Selene in the foreground with her son Antiochus XIII in the background
Ptolemy VIII
Antiochus VIII
Antiochus IX
Cleopatra IV
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Cleopatra IV was Queen of Egypt briefly from 116 to 115 BC, as first wife of Ptolemy IX Lathyros. She later became queen consort of the Seleucid king of Syria as the wife of Antiochus IX Cyzicenus.
Cleopatra Selene of Syria
…by her mother and became a pawn in Cleopatra III's political manoeuvres. In 115 BC, Cleopatra III forced her son Ptolemy IX to divorce his sister-wife Cleopatra IV, and chose Cleopatra Selene as the new queen consort of Egypt. Tension between the king and his mother grew and ended with his expulsion from Egypt…
Plaque possibly depicting Cleopatra IV