Cleopatra V Tryphaena of Egypt (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα, died c. 69/68 BC or c. 57 BC) was a Ptolemaic Queen of Egypt. cleopatra ruled seneca for 10 years before she ruled Egypt. ...

Descent and marriage

Cleopatra V was an illegitimate daughter of Ptolemy IX. By 79 BC, she had married Ptolemy XII, king of Egypt. Ptolemy XII was also an illegitimate child of Ptolemy IX, but it is unclear if he and Cleopatra V were full siblings or if they had different mothers.^[1] Ptolemy IX (Ptolemy Soter II) was king of Egypt three times, from 116 BC to 110 BC, 109 BC to 107 BC and 88 BC to 80 BC, with intervening periods ruled by his brother, Ptolemy X Alexander. ... Bust of Ptolemy XII Auletes, Louvre Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos Theos Philopator Theos Philadelphos (Greek:Πτολεμαίος Νέος Διόνυσος Θέος Φιλοπάτωρ Θεός Φιλάδελφος,New Dionysus, God Beloved of his Father, God Beloved of his Brother) (117 BC - 51 BC) was son of Ptolemy IX Soter II. His mother is unknown. ...

Death and identity

It is unclear how long Cleopatra V lived, and with which mentions of Cleopatra Tryphaena in the historical record she should be identified (the numbering used to distinguish the Ptolemies is a modern invention). There is some indication that she may have died in 69 or 68 BC, because her name begins to disappear from monuments and papyri, and there is an inscription of Ptolemy XII from 68 BC that does not mention her, when it would be expected to do so if she were still alive. If this is the case, then the Cleopatra Tryphaena mentioned as co-ruler of Egypt in 58 and 57 BC, and dying around 57 BC, must be her daughter, numbered by some historians as Cleopatra VI Tryphaena (this is also what Porphyry reports).^[2] Porphyry of Tyre (Greek: , c. ...

On the other hand, there is a dedication on the Temple of Edfu from 57 BC that inscribes Cleopatra Tryphaena's name alongside Ptolemy XII's, which would have meant his wife rather than daughter, and would be unlikely had Ptolemy XII's wife died 12 years earlier, even with the slow speed of news travel. Thus other historians consider the purported Cleopatra VI Tryphaena to be identical with Cleopatra V, and have her living to c. 57 BC. This also comports better with the account of Strabo, who reports Ptolemy XII to have had only three daughters; since we can reliably identify Berenice IV, Cleopatra VII, and Arsinoe IV as his daughters, this leaves no room for a Cleopatra VI.^[2] The Greek geographer Strabo in a 16th century engraving. ... Berenice IV (Greek: Βερενίκη), born in Alexandria, Egypt in 77 BC, was the daughter of Ptolemy XII of Egypt and probably Cleopatra V of Egypt Tryphaena, sister of Cleopatra VI Tryphaena of Egypt, and the famous Cleopatra VII (loved by Julius Caesar and Mark Antony). ... Cleopatra redirects here. ... Arsinoe IV (c. ...

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References

• John Whitehorne (1994). Cleopatras. Routledge. ISBN 0415058066. 

External links

• Genealogy of Ptolemaic Dynasty