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  1. Antigonus Doson King Of Macedonia Death: 221 BC

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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. 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
parents:
[Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Aff-Antigonids, Bennett Ptolemies Berenice-ii, Bennett Ptolemies Ptolemais, Dodson Egypt p266, Wagner PedigreeProgress #8]
Sources for death Information
date:
shortly after engagement to Berenice [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Berenice-ii]
Sources with Information about marriage to Olympias
date:
first marriage of Demetrius [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Aff-Antigonids, Bennett Ptolemies Berenice-ii],
child:
[Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Aff-Antigonids]
Sources with Information about marriage to Berenice II
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:
c250 BC: King of Cyrene [Ref: Dodson Egypt p279]

called Demetrius the Fair [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Berenice-ii]

fiance of Berenice; became lover of Arsinoe (Berenice's mother) and was killed when found with her [Ref: Dodson Egypt p279]

Justin 26.3 luridly describes how Arsinoe took Demetrius the Fair, fiance or husband of Berenice II, as her lover, andhow he was slain when the pair were caught in flagrante delictu, while Berenice protected her mother. It seems likely that the rest of Arsinoe's life was short and unpleasant [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Apama-Arsinoe]



Pedigree of Demetrius King Of Cyrene
          /-----Antigonos I King Of Macedonia
 /-----Demetrios I Poliorcetes King Of Macedonia
|        |         /-----Korrhagos King Of Thrace
|         \-----Stralonika
Demetrius King Of Cyrene
|                  /-----Lagus
|         /-----Ptolemy I Soter King Of Egypt
|        |        |                                             /-----Amyntas I King Of Macedonia
|        |        |                                    /-----Alexander I King Of Macedonia
|        |        |                           /-----Amyntas Prince Of Macedonia
|        |        |                  /-----Balekros Prince Of Macedonia
|        |        |         /-----Maleagros
|        |         \-----Arsinoe
 \-----Ptolemais Of Egypt
         |                  /-----Iolaos Prince Of Macedonia
         |         /-----Antipater Regent Of Macedonia
          \-----Eurydice



Descendants of Demetrius King Of Cyrene
1. Demetrius King Of Cyrene m1. Olympias m2. Berenice II
m. Olympias father: Polyclitus
m. Berenice II father: Magos King Of Cyrene mother: Apama