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Marriage: Children:
  1. Ptolemy III Euergetes Tryphon King Of Egypt Birth: Abt 280 BC Death: Abt 18 Oct 222 BC
  2. Lysimachus Death: Abt 221 BC
  3. Bernice Phernopherus Birth: Abt 275 BC Death: Abt Sep 246 BC in Daphne, Near Antioch

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:
305/295 BC [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Arsinoe-i],
parents:
[Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Aff-Lysimachos, Settipani LGA p107],
father:
[Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Arsinoe-i, Dodson Egypt p266, Wagner PedigreeProgress #10],
mother:
dotted line to Nicaea [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Arsinoe-i]
Sources for death Information
date:
occ 274 BC [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Arsinoe-i]
Sources with Information about marriage to Ptolemy II Philadelphus King Of Egypt
date:
284/281 BC [Ref: Dodson Egypt p275]
between 284 and 281, as first marriage of Ptolemy [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Arsinoe-i]
first marriage of Ptolemy [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Genealogy-full, Bennett Ptolemies Genealogy-summary],
names:
[Ref: Wagner PedigreeProgress #8],
child:
[Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Genealogy-full, Bennett Ptolemies Genealogy-summary, Dodson Egypt p266, Settipani LGA p107, Wagner PedigreeProgress #10]
Research Notes:
daughter of Lysimachus by either his first wife Nicaea or his second Amestris; given Ptolemy II's status as a leading Hellenistic king it is safe to assume that whe was the daughte rof one of Lysimachus; principal wives. [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Arsinoe-i]

exiled to Koptos for plotting against her husband in the 270s [Ref: Dodson Egypt p275]

found guilty of plotting against her husband and exiled to Coptos in the 270s, posibly in 274/3 [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Arsinoe-i]



Pedigree of Arsinoe
 /-----Lysimachos King Of Thrace
Arsinoe
|                  /-----Iolaos Prince Of Macedonia
|         /-----Antipater Regent Of Macedonia
 \-----Nikaia



Descendants of Arsinoe
1. Arsinoe m. Ptolemy II Philadelphus King Of Egypt
m. Ptolemy II Philadelphus King Of Egypt father: Ptolemy I Soter King Of Egypt mother: Berenike

2nd generation

2. Ptolemy III Euergetes Tryphon King Of Egypt m. Berenice II
m. Berenice II father: Magos King Of Cyrene mother: Apama
4. Bernice Phernopherus m. Antiochus II Theos King Of Syria
m. Antiochus II Theos King Of Syria father: Antiochus I Soter King Of Syria mother: Stralonika

3rd generation

5. 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
10. 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

4th generation

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

5th generation

13. Ptolemy VI Philometor King Of Egypt m. Cleopatra II
m. Cleopatra II father: Ptolemy V Epiphanes Eucharistos King Of Egypt mother: Cleopatra I
14. 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
15. 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