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  1. Cleopatra Thea Eueteria Birth: Abt 164 BC Death: 121 BC
  2. Ptolemy Birth: Before 5 Apr 152 BC Death: Before Aug 142 BC
  3. Cleopatra III Birth: Abt 160 BC Death: Abt Sep 101 BC
  4. Bernice Birth: Abt 163 BC Death: Abt 150 BC
  5. Ptolemy Eupator Birth: 15 Oct 166 BC Death: Before Aug 152 BC

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:
between 4 Mesore year 19 of Ptolemy V = 7 Sep 186 and 5 Epagomene = 8 Oct 186 BC [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Ptolemy-vi],
parents:
[Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Genealogy-full, Bennett Ptolemies Genealogy-summary, Dodson Egypt p268, Settipani LGA p107, Wagner PedigreeProgress #10]
Sources for death Information
date:
145 BC [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Genealogy-summary, Dodson Egypt p293, Settipani LGA p107]
abt Jul 145 BC [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Ptolemy-vi]
Sources with Information about marriage to Cleopatra II
date:
[Ref: Dodson Egypt p276]
abt Mar 175 BC [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Cleopatra-ii]
first marriage of Cleopatra [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Genealogy-full],
names:
[Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Genealogy-summary],
child:
[Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Genealogy-full, Dodson Egypt p268, Settipani LGA p107, Wagner PedigreeProgress #10]
Research Notes:
178/7-164 and 163-145 BC: King of Egypt [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Genealogy-summary]
180-164 and 163-145 BC: King of Egypt [Ref: Dodson Egypt p293]
181-145 BC: King of Egypt [Ref: Settipani LGA p107]
181/0-145: King of Egypt [Ref: Wagner PedigreeProgress #10]

182 BC: possibly victor in the Panathenaia [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Ptolemy-vi]

succeeded abt Mesore year 25 (Eg) of Ptolemy V = Sep 180 [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Ptolemy-vi]

ruler under Cleopatra I as senior ruler til her death between 9 Mesore year 3 = 20 Sep 178 and 9 Thoth year 5 = 14 Oct 177; then under the regency of the eunuchs Eulaios and Lennaios until declared of age abt Jan 169 BC [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Ptolemy-vi]

Mar 175: incorporated into the dynastic cult with Cleopatra II [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Ptolemy-vi]

took Cleopatra II and Ptolemy VIII as corulers probably on 1 Thoth year 12 = year 1 = 5 Oct 170, then fled Alexandria in early 169 to join Antiochus IV Epiphanes, his maternal uncle, who at that time was occupying Egypt outside Alexandria, theoretically in defence of his interests, and was crowned in Memphis [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Ptolemy-vi]

returned to Alexandria on the withdrawal of Syrian forces and rejoined the joint regime around Sep/Oct 169 [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Ptolemy-vi]

temporarily deposed with Cleopatra II by Ptolemy VIII between 21 Thoth and 6 Hathyr year 7 (of the joint regime) = between 23 Oct and 7 Dec 164 [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Ptolemy-vi]

restored by the Alexandrian mob in summer 163, deposing Ptolemy VIII [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Ptolemy-vi]

162: victor in the Panathenaia [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Ptolemy-vi]

Jun 145 BC: briefly accepted then repudiated the role of King of Syria at Antioch [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Ptolemy-vi]

died from head injuries suffered when attacked after a fall from his horse in the battle of Oinoparas against Alexander Balas [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Ptolemy-vi]

succeeded by Ptolemy VIII [Ref: Bennett Ptolemies Ptolemy-vi]



Pedigree of Ptolemy VI Philometor King Of Egypt
                                              /-----Lagus
                                     /-----Ptolemy I Soter King Of Egypt
                                    |        |                  /-----Balekros Prince Of Macedonia
                                    |        |         /-----Maleagros
                                    |         \-----Arsinoe
                            /-----Ptolemy II Philadelphus King Of Egypt
                           |        |         /-----Magas
                           |         \-----Berenike
                           |                 |                  /-----Iolaos Prince Of Macedonia
                           |                 |         /-----Kassandros
                           |                  \-----Antigone
                   /-----Ptolemy III Euergetes Tryphon King Of Egypt
                  |        |         /-----Lysimachos King Of Thrace
                  |         \-----Arsinoe
                  |                 |                  /-----Iolaos Prince Of Macedonia
                  |                 |         /-----Antipater Regent Of Macedonia
                  |                  \-----Nikaia
          /-----Ptolemy IV Philopator King Of Egypt
         |        |                  /-----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
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk Dau) Of Daskyleion
         |                 |        |         \-----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
 /-----Ptolemy V Epiphanes Eucharistos King Of Egypt
|        |                                    /-----Lagus
|        |                           /-----Ptolemy I Soter King Of Egypt
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Balekros Prince Of Macedonia
|        |                          |        |         /-----Maleagros
|        |                          |         \-----Arsinoe
|        |                  /-----Ptolemy II Philadelphus King Of Egypt
|        |                 |        |         /-----Magas
|        |                 |         \-----Berenike
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----Iolaos Prince Of Macedonia
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Kassandros
|        |                 |                  \-----Antigone
|        |         /-----Ptolemy III Euergetes Tryphon King Of Egypt
|        |        |        |         /-----Lysimachos King Of Thrace
|        |        |         \-----Arsinoe
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Iolaos Prince Of Macedonia
|        |        |                 |         /-----Antipater Regent Of Macedonia
|        |        |                  \-----Nikaia
|         \-----Arsinoe III
|                 |                  /-----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
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk Dau) Of Daskyleion
|                          |        |         \-----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
Ptolemy VI Philometor King Of Egypt
|                                                      /-----Antiochus Noble Of Macedonia
|                                             /-----Seleucus I Nicator King Of Syria
|                                            |         \-----Laodice
|                                    /-----Antiochus I Soter King Of Syria
|                                   |        |         /-----Spitamenes Satrape Of Baktriane
|                                   |        |        |         \-----(Unk Dau) Of Daskyleion
|                                   |         \-----Apama
|                           /-----Antiochus II Theos King Of Syria
|                          |        |                  /-----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
|                  /-----Seleucus II Callincus King Of Syria
|                 |        |                           /-----Antiochus Noble Of Macedonia
|                 |        |                  /-----Seleucus I Nicator King Of Syria
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Laodice
|                 |        |         /-----Achaios Prince Of Syria
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Spitamenes Satrape Of Baktriane
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk Dau) Of Daskyleion
|                 |        |        |         \-----Apama
|                 |         \-----Laodice
|                 |                 |                           /-----Amyntas III King Of Macedonia
|                 |                 |                  /-----Philip II King Of Macedonia
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Eurydice
|                 |                 |         /-----Alexander III The Great King Of Macedonia
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Neoptolemos King Of Epire
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Olympias
|                 |                  \-----(Unk Dau)
|         /-----Antiochus III King Of Syria
|        |        |                                    /-----Antiochus Noble Of Macedonia
|        |        |                           /-----Seleucus I Nicator King Of Syria
|        |        |                          |         \-----Laodice
|        |        |                  /-----Achaios Prince Of Syria
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Spitamenes Satrape Of Baktriane
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----(Unk Dau) Of Daskyleion
|        |        |                 |         \-----Apama
|        |        |         /-----Andromachos General Of Syria
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Amyntas III King Of Macedonia
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Philip II King Of Macedonia
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Eurydice
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Alexander III The Great King Of Macedonia
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Neoptolemos King Of Epire
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Olympias
|        |        |        |         \-----(Unk Dau)
|        |         \-----Laodice
 \-----Cleopatra I
         |                                                      /-----Ariobarzanes I Satrape Of Phrygie
         |                                             /-----Ariobarzanes II Satrape Of Chios
         |                                    /-----Ariobarzanes Noble Of Persia
         |                           /-----Mithridates I Ktistes King Of Pont
         |                  /-----Ariobarzanes King Of Pont
         |         /-----Mithradates II King Of Pont
          \-----Laodice
                  |                                    /-----Antiochus Noble Of Macedonia
                  |                           /-----Seleucus I Nicator King Of Syria
                  |                          |         \-----Laodice
                  |                  /-----Antiochus I Soter King Of Syria
                  |                 |        |         /-----Spitamenes Satrape Of Baktriane
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----(Unk Dau) Of Daskyleion
                  |                 |         \-----Apama
                  |         /-----Antiochus II Theos King Of Syria
                  |        |        |                  /-----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
                   \-----Laodice
                           |                           /-----Antiochus Noble Of Macedonia
                           |                  /-----Seleucus I Nicator King Of Syria
                           |                 |         \-----Laodice
                           |         /-----Achaios Prince Of Syria
                           |        |        |         /-----Spitamenes Satrape Of Baktriane
                           |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk Dau) Of Daskyleion
                           |        |         \-----Apama
                            \-----Laodice
                                    |                           /-----Amyntas III King Of Macedonia
                                    |                  /-----Philip II King Of Macedonia
                                    |                 |         \-----Eurydice
                                    |         /-----Alexander III The Great King Of Macedonia
                                    |        |        |         /-----Neoptolemos King Of Epire
                                    |        |         \-----Olympias
                                     \-----(Unk Dau)



Descendants of Ptolemy VI Philometor King Of Egypt
1. Ptolemy VI Philometor King Of Egypt m. Cleopatra II
m. Cleopatra II father: Ptolemy V Epiphanes Eucharistos King Of Egypt mother: Cleopatra I

2nd generation

2. 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
4. 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

3rd generation

10. Antiochus VIII King Of Syria m1. Cleopatra Selene m2. Cleopatra Tryphaena
m. Cleopatra Selene father: Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon King Of Egypt mother: Cleopatra III
m. Cleopatra Tryphaena father: Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon King Of Egypt mother: Cleopatra III
11. Antiochus IX Philopator Cyzicenus King Of Syria m1. Laodike Of Syria m2. Cleopatra Selene m3. Cleopatra IV
m. Laodike Of Syria father: Demetrios II King Of Syria mother: Cleopatra Thea Eueteria
m. Cleopatra Selene father: Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon King Of Egypt mother: Cleopatra III
m. Cleopatra IV father: Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon King Of Egypt mother: Cleopatra III
16. 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
17. 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
18. Cleopatra Tryphaena m. Antiochus VIII King Of Syria
m. Antiochus VIII King Of Syria father: Demetrios II King Of Syria mother: Cleopatra Thea Eueteria
19. 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
20. 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

4th generation

22. Philip I Epiphanes Philadelphus King Of Syria m.
26. Laodike Thea Philadelphos m. Mithridates I Kallinikos King Of Kommagene
m. Mithridates I Kallinikos King Of Kommagene father: Samus I Theosebes Dikaios King Of Kommagene mother: Isias Philostorgos
27. Antiochus X Eusebes Philopator King Of Syria m. Cleopatra Selene
m. Cleopatra Selene father: Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon King Of Egypt mother: Cleopatra III
28. Cleopatra V Tryphaena m. Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos King Of Egypt
m. Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos King Of Egypt father: Ptolemy IX Soter Lathyrus King Of Egypt mother: Cleopatra IV
30. Bernice III Cleopatra Philopator m1. Ptolemy X Alexander I King Of Egypt m2. Ptolemy XI Alexander II King Of Egypt
m. Ptolemy X Alexander I King Of Egypt father: Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon King Of Egypt mother: Cleopatra III
m. Ptolemy XI Alexander II King Of Egypt father: Ptolemy X Alexander I King Of Egypt mother: Cleopatra Selene
33. Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos King Of Egypt m. Cleopatra V Tryphaena
m. Cleopatra V Tryphaena father: Ptolemy X Alexander I King Of Egypt mother: Bernice III Cleopatra Philopator

5th generation

36. Antiochos I Theos Dikaios Epiphanes King Of Kommagene m. Isias Philostorgos
m. Isias Philostorgos father: Ariobarzanes I King Of Cappadace mother: Athenais Philostorgos
38. Cleopatra VII Philopator, Queen Of Egypt m1. Gaius Julius Caesar m2. Ptolemy XIII King Of Egypt m3. Ptolemy XIV King Of Egypt m4. Marcus Antonius, Consul, Triumvir
m. Gaius Julius Caesar father: Gaius Julius Caesar mother: Aureila
m. Ptolemy XIII King Of Egypt father: Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos King Of Egypt mother: Cleopatra V Tryphaena
m. Ptolemy XIV King Of Egypt father: Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos King Of Egypt mother: Cleopatra V Tryphaena
m. Marcus Antonius, Consul, Triumvir father: Marcus Antonius Creticus mother: Julia