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Marriage: Children:
  1. Philip Birth: Abt 293 BC Death: 280 BC
  2. Lysimachus Birth: Abt 296 BC Death: 280 BC in Cassandrea
  3. Ptolemy Birth: 299 BC Death: After 240 BC

Marriage:
Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Bennett, Chris, Egyptian Royal Genealogy - Ptolemaic Dynasty, 2005. Available at http://www.geocities.com/christopherjbennett/ptolemies/ptolemaic_contents.htm, visited 5/12/2005. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies .*].
  2. Dodson, Aiden, and Dylan Hilton, Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, London: Thames & Hudson, 2004. MCL 932 Dod. Available at http://archive.org/details/AidanDodsonTheCompleteRoyalFamiliesOfAncientEgypt Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Dodson Egypt p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 316 BC [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Arsinoe-ii, Dodson Egypt p275],
parents:
[Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Genealogy-full, Dodson Egypt p266]
Sources for death Information
date:
25 Jul 170 or 1/2 Jul 268 [Ref: Dodson Egypt p275]
night of the new moon in Pachons year 15, either 25 Jul 270 or 1/2 Jul 268 BC [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Arsinoe-ii]
Sources with Information about marriage to Lysimachos King Of Thrace
date:
300/299 BC, as first marriage of Arsinoe [Ref: Dodson Egypt p275]
300/299 BC, as first marriage of Arsinoe and third of Lysimachus [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Arsinoe-ii]
first marriage of Arsinoe and third of Lysimachus [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Genealogy-full, Bennett Ptolemies Genealogy-summary],
names:
[Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Aff-Lysimachos],
child:
[Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Arsinoe-ii, Bennett Ptolemies Genealogy-full, Dodson Egypt p266]
Sources with Information about marriage to Ptolemy Ceraunus King Of Macedonia
date:
281/280 BC [Ref: Dodson Egypt p275]
second marriage of both [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Genealogy-full]
winter 281/280, as second marriage of both [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Ceraunus],
place:
[Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Ceraunus, Dodson Egypt p275],
names:
[Ref: Dodson Egypt p266]
Sources with Information about marriage to Ptolemy II Philadelphus King Of Egypt
date:
abt 273/273, as third marriage of Arsinoe [Ref: Dodson Egypt p275]
second marriage of Ptolemy and third of Arsinoe [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Genealogy-full, Bennett Ptolemies Genealogy-summary],
names:
[Ref: Dodson Egypt p266]
Research Notes:
first marriage to Lysimachus, King of Thrace and Macedon, terminated by his death at the battle or Corupendium in Feb 281, after which she commanded the garrison at Cassandreia til winter 281/280 [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Arsinoe-ii]

second marriage to Ptolemy Ceraunus, her half-brother, terminated by his murder of her two younger sons shortly after their marriage; she fled to Samothrace [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Arsinoe-ii]

272: in 127th Olympics, victor in all three events for harnessed horses [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Arsinoe-ii]

no children by Ptolemy II, but after her death he had his children by first wife Arsinoe legally declared to be her children [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Arsinoe-ii]

posthumously held titles as queen of Egypt [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Arsinoe-ii]

posthumously given the prenomen "Khnemibenmaatmerynetjeru" [Ref: Dodson Egypt p275]

incorporated in the dynastic cult with Ptolemy II in year 13 (Mac)=273/2 or 14 (Mac)=272/1 as the Sibling Gods. [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Arsinoe-ii]



Pedigree of Arsinoe
          /-----Lagus
 /-----Ptolemy I Soter King Of Egypt
|        |                                                      /-----Alketas King Of Macedonia
|        |                                             /-----Amyntas I King Of Macedonia
|        |                                    /-----Alexander I King Of Macedonia
|        |                           /-----Amyntas Prince Of Macedonia
|        |                  /-----Balekros Prince Of Macedonia
|        |         /-----Maleagros
|         \-----Arsinoe
Arsinoe
|         /-----Magas
 \-----Berenike
         |                  /-----Iolaos Prince Of Macedonia
         |         /-----Kassandros
          \-----Antigone



Descendants of Arsinoe
1. Arsinoe m1. Lysimachos King Of Thrace m2. Ptolemy Ceraunus King Of Macedonia m3. Ptolemy II Philadelphus King Of Egypt
m. Lysimachos King Of Thrace
m. Ptolemy Ceraunus King Of Macedonia father: Ptolemy I Soter King Of Egypt mother: Eurydice
m. Ptolemy II Philadelphus King Of Egypt father: Ptolemy I Soter King Of Egypt mother: Berenike