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Arsinoe II

316 BC - 270 BC

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Arsinoë II (Koinē Greek: Ἀρσινόη, c. 316 BC – between 270 and 268 BC) was a Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom in ancient Egypt. She was previously Queen of Thrace, Anatolia, and Macedonia by marriage to King Lysimachus and later Ptolemy Keraunos. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arsinoe II has received more than 296,273 page views. Her biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Arsinoe II is the 155th most popular companion (up from 174th in 2019), the 129th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 131st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Egyptian Companion.

Arsinoe II was the daughter of Ptolemy I and Berenice I, and the sister of Ptolemy II. She was the wife of Lysimachus and mother of Agathocles. Arsinoe II became queen of Egypt after the death of her mother.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Arsinoe II ranks 155 out of 784. Before her are Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria, Claude of France, Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland, Olga Constantinovna of Russia, and Amalasuntha. After her are Marie Henriette of Austria, Clementia of Hungary, Margaret of Provence, Francis, Duke of Cádiz, Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland, and Agnes of Courtenay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 316 BC, Arsinoe II ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 270 BC, Arsinoe II ranks 1. After her are Polemon, Manius Curius Dentatus, and Alexis.

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    Arsinoe II

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    316 BC - 270 BC

    HPI: 64.86

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Arsinoe II ranks 129 out of 642. Before her are Pope Alexander I of Alexandria (250), Sanakht (-2700), Sosigenes of Alexandria (-80), Nectanebo II (-400), Dodi Fayed (1955), and Arsinoe III of Egypt (-246). After her are Setnakhte (-1300), Senusret II (-1900), Psusennes I (-1100), Ramesses IX (-1150), Kiya (-1400), and Berenice IV of Egypt (-77).

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Among COMPANIONS In Egypt

Among companions born in Egypt, Arsinoe II ranks 5. Before her are Nefertiti (-1400), Nefertari (-1290), Ankhesenamun (-1347), and Fawzia Fuad of Egypt (1921). After her are Nazli Sabri (1894), Meritamen (-1400), Farida of Egypt (1921), Bintanath (-1300), Alia Al-Hussein (1948), Suzanne Mubarak (1941), and Meketaten (-1348).

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