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Cleopatra II (185-116 BC) was the daughter of
Ptolemy V and
Cleopatra I and wife of
Ptolemy VI and
Ptolemy VIII. She was married to her brother, Ptolemy VI, in April 176 BC and held joint ruler of Egypt in 170 BC in the look of the threat of encroachment by the Seleucid king
Antiochus IV. When her husband was enchanted by the enemy, she and her smaller brother, Ptolemy VIII, gone in Alexandria. Antiochus IV was special to break Egypt under Roman pressing, and the common rule of the three siblings was fixed. In 164 BC, civil war broke between the brothers, and Ptolemy VIII was routed out to Cyrene. Cleopatra II bore four children to Ptolemy VI, taking Ptolemy Eupator,
Ptolemy VII, Cleopatra Thea, and Cleopatra III. Her married man was killed in 145 BC, and she briefly acted as potent for her son, Ptolemy VII, until power was captured by her brother, Ptolemy VIII, who married her and murdered her son. Cleopatra bore her new husband one son, Ptolemy Memphites, but he soon precious her daughter Cleopatra III. Civil war broke out between the mates in 132 BC during which Ptolemy VIII murdered his son, Memphites, before regaining control in 130 BC. Peace was finally repaired between the mates in 124 BC, when Cleopatra II was established as older queen. She is last read in 116 BC having survived her second married man.
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