Cleopatra III & Ptolemy IX Soter II
CLEOPATRA III & PTOLEMY IX SOTER II (LATHYROS)
116-107 & 88-80 B.C.
PTOLEMAIC DYNASTY
Cleopatra III & Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyros) were co-regents during the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
Cleopatra III was the niece of Physcon (Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II) and was married to him while
her mother was still his official wife. She bore Physcon tw...
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Ptolemy IX Soter II or Lathyros ("grass pea") (Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Σωτήρ Λάθυρος, Ptolemaĩos Sōtḗr Láthuros) was king of Egypt three
times, from 116 BC to 110 BC, 109 BC to 107 BC and 88 BC to 81 BC, with intervening periods ruled by his brother, Ptolemy X
Alexander.
At first he was chosen by his mother Cleopatra III to be her co-regent (his father...
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Cleopatra III (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα, 161–101 BC) was queen of Egypt 142–101 BC.
Cleopatra III was also known as Cleopatra Euergetis while associated with her husband Ptolemy VIII or her son Ptolemy X. She is attested as
Cleopatra Philometor Soteira while associated with her eldest son Ptolemy IX. According to Strabo she was sometimes known as Cleopatr...
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