Cleopatra III & Ptolemy X Alexander I
CLEOPATRA III & ALEXANDER I
107-88 B.C.
PTOLEMAIC DYNASTY
Cleopatra III & Alexander I were co-rulers of the Ptolemaic Dynasty after Cleopatra had driven out her older son, Ptolemy IX
Soter II (Lathyros), after accusing him of trying to kill her.
Alexander had been the governor of Cyprus, but after Lathyros had been ousted, he returned ...
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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 Cleopat...
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Ptolemy X Alexander I (Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Ἀλέξανδρος,
Ptolemaĩos Aléxandros) was King of Egypt from 110 BC to 109 BC
and 107 BC till 88 BC.
He was the son of Ptolemy VIII Physcon and Cleopatra III. In
110 BC he became King with his mother as co-regent, after his
mother had deposed his brother Ptolemy IX Lathyros. However,
in 109 BC he was depos...
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