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  1. Ptolemy IV Philopator King Of Egypt Birth: Abt May 244 BC Death: 204 BC
  2. Bernice Birth: Abt Jan 239 BC Death: Before 3 Mar 238 BC
  3. Magas Birth: Abt Nov 241 BC Death: Abt 222 BC
  4. Alexander Birth: Abt Sep 242 BC Death: Before 221 BC
  5. Lysimachus Birth: 243 BC Death: Before 221 BC
  6. Arsinoe III Birth: Abt 246 BC

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]*].
  3. Settipani, Christian, Nos Ancetres de L'Antiquite, Etudes des possibilites de liens genealogiques entre les familles de l'Antiquite. Paris: Editions Christian, 1991. NYPL #ARB-93-7430. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Settipani LGA p[0-9]*].
  4. Wagner, Anthony, Pedigree and Progress, Essays in the Genealogical Interpretation of History, London, Philmore, 1975. Rutgers Alex CS4.W33. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Wagner PedigreeProgress #[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
267/266 BC [Ref: Dodson Egypt p276],
parents:
[Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Genealogy-full, Dodson Egypt p266, Wagner PedigreeProgress #10, Wagner PedigreeProgress #11],
father:
[Ref: Settipani LGA p107]
Sources for death Information
date:
early 221 BC [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Berenice-ii, Dodson Egypt p276]
Sources with Information about marriage to Ptolemy III Euergetes Tryphon King Of Egypt
date:
[Ref: Dodson Egypt p275]
early 246 BC, as second marriage of Berenice [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Berenice-ii]
second marriage of Bernice [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Genealogy-full],
names:
[Ref: Wagner PedigreeProgress #11],
child:
[Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Genealogy-full, Bennett Ptolemies Genealogy-summary, Dodson Egypt p266, Settipani LGA p107, Wagner PedigreeProgress #10]
Sources with Information about marriage to Demetrius King Of Cyrene
date:
abt 249 BC, first marriage of Berenice and second of Demetrius [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Berenice-ii]
first marriage of Bernice [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Genealogy-full]
second marriage of Demetrius [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Aff-Antigonids]
Research Notes:
previously engaged or married to Demetrius the Fair, an alliance terminated when he was found in intimacy with Bernice's mother [Ref: Dodson Egypt p276]

victor at the Nemean Games in 245, 243, or 241; competed in an Olympic Games [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Berenice-ii]

possibly poisoned [Ref: Dodson Egypt p276]

died early 221 allegedly from poison [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Berenice-ii]



Pedigree of Berenice II
          /-----Philip
 /-----Magos King Of Cyrene
|        |         /-----Magas
|         \-----Berenike
|                 |                  /-----Iolaos Prince Of Macedonia
|                 |         /-----Kassandros
|                  \-----Antigone
Berenice II
|                           /-----Antiochus Noble Of Macedonia
|                  /-----Seleucus I Nicator King Of Syria
|                 |         \-----Laodice
|         /-----Antiochus I Soter King Of Syria
|        |        |         /-----Spitamenes Satrape Of Baktriane
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Pharnabazos Satrape Of Daskyleion
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Pharnakes Satrape Of Daskyleion
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Pharnabazos II Satrape Of Daskyleion
|        |        |        |         \-----(Unk Dau) Of Daskyleion
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Dareios II Ochos King Of Persia
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Artaxerxes II King Of Persia
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Parysatis
|        |        |        |                  \-----Apma
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Hydarnes III Satrape Of Armenia
|        |        |        |                           \-----Stateira
|        |         \-----Apama
 \-----Apama
         |                  /-----Antigonos I King Of Macedonia
         |         /-----Demetrios I Poliorcetes King Of Macedonia
         |        |        |         /-----Korrhagos King Of Thrace
         |        |         \-----Stralonika
          \-----Stralonika
                  |                  /-----Iolaos Prince Of Macedonia
                  |         /-----Antipater Regent Of Macedonia
                   \-----Phila I



Descendants of Berenice II
1. Berenice II m1. Ptolemy III Euergetes Tryphon King Of Egypt m2. Demetrius King Of Cyrene
m. Ptolemy III Euergetes Tryphon King Of Egypt father: Ptolemy II Philadelphus King Of Egypt mother: Arsinoe
m. Demetrius King Of Cyrene father: Demetrios I Poliorcetes King Of Macedonia mother: Ptolemais Of Egypt

2nd generation

2. Ptolemy IV Philopator King Of Egypt m1. Agathoclea m2. Hippe m3. Arsinoe III
m. Agathoclea father: Agathocles mother: Oenanthe
m. Hippe
m. Arsinoe III father: Ptolemy III Euergetes Tryphon King Of Egypt mother: Berenice II
7. Arsinoe III m. Ptolemy IV Philopator King Of Egypt
m. Ptolemy IV Philopator King Of Egypt father: Ptolemy III Euergetes Tryphon King Of Egypt mother: Berenice II

3rd generation

8. Ptolemy V Epiphanes Eucharistos King Of Egypt m. Cleopatra I
m. Cleopatra I father: Antiochus III King Of Syria mother: Laodice

4th generation

9. Ptolemy VI Philometor King Of Egypt m. Cleopatra II
m. Cleopatra II father: Ptolemy V Epiphanes Eucharistos King Of Egypt mother: Cleopatra I
10. Cleopatra II m1. Ptolemy VI Philometor King Of Egypt m2. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon King Of Egypt
m. Ptolemy VI Philometor King Of Egypt father: Ptolemy V Epiphanes Eucharistos King Of Egypt mother: Cleopatra I
m. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon King Of Egypt father: Ptolemy V Epiphanes Eucharistos King Of Egypt mother: Cleopatra I
11. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon King Of Egypt m1. Eirene m2. Cleopatra II m3. Cleopatra III m4. Ithaca m5.
m. Eirene
m. Cleopatra II father: Ptolemy V Epiphanes Eucharistos King Of Egypt mother: Cleopatra I
m. Cleopatra III father: Ptolemy VI Philometor King Of Egypt mother: Cleopatra II
m. Ithaca

5th generation

12. Cleopatra Thea Eueteria m1. Alexander Balas King Of Syria m2. Demetrios II King Of Syria m3. Antiochus VII Euergetes Sidetes King Of Syria
m. Alexander Balas King Of Syria father: Antiochus IV Epiphanes King Of Syria mother: Antiochis
m. Demetrios II King Of Syria father: Demetrius I Soter King Of Syria mother: Laodike V
m. Antiochus VII Euergetes Sidetes King Of Syria father: Demetrius I Soter King Of Syria mother: Laodike V
14. Cleopatra III m. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon King Of Egypt
m. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon King Of Egypt father: Ptolemy V Epiphanes Eucharistos King Of Egypt mother: Cleopatra I
18. Ptolemy X Alexander I King Of Egypt m1. Bernice III Cleopatra Philopator m2. Cleopatra Selene
m. Bernice III Cleopatra Philopator father: Ptolemy IX Soter Lathyrus King Of Egypt mother: Cleopatra Selene
m. Cleopatra Selene father: Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon King Of Egypt mother: Cleopatra III
19. Cleopatra Selene m1. Ptolemy IX Soter Lathyrus King Of Egypt m2. Ptolemy X Alexander I King Of Egypt m3. Antiochus VIII King Of Syria m4. Antiochus IX Philopator Cyzicenus King Of Syria m5. Antiochus X Eusebes Philopator King Of Syria
m. Ptolemy IX Soter Lathyrus King Of Egypt father: Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon King Of Egypt mother: Cleopatra III
m. Ptolemy X Alexander I King Of Egypt father: Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon King Of Egypt mother: Cleopatra III
m. Antiochus VIII King Of Syria father: Demetrios II King Of Syria mother: Cleopatra Thea Eueteria
m. Antiochus IX Philopator Cyzicenus King Of Syria father: Antiochus VII Euergetes Sidetes King Of Syria mother: Cleopatra Thea Eueteria
m. Antiochus X Eusebes Philopator King Of Syria father: Antiochus IX Philopator Cyzicenus King Of Syria mother: Cleopatra IV
20. Cleopatra Tryphaena m. Antiochus VIII King Of Syria
m. Antiochus VIII King Of Syria father: Demetrios II King Of Syria mother: Cleopatra Thea Eueteria
21. Cleopatra IV m1. Ptolemy IX Soter Lathyrus King Of Egypt m2. Antiochus IX Philopator Cyzicenus King Of Syria
m. Ptolemy IX Soter Lathyrus King Of Egypt father: Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon King Of Egypt mother: Cleopatra III
m. Antiochus IX Philopator Cyzicenus King Of Syria father: Antiochus VII Euergetes Sidetes King Of Syria mother: Cleopatra Thea Eueteria
22. Ptolemy IX Soter Lathyrus King Of Egypt m1. Cleopatra IV m2. Cleopatra Selene m3.
m. Cleopatra IV father: Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon King Of Egypt mother: Cleopatra III
m. Cleopatra Selene father: Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon King Of Egypt mother: Cleopatra III
24. Bernice m. Pasherenptah High Priest In Memphis
m. Pasherenptah High Priest In Memphis