Cleopatra II of Egypt

Cleopatra II of Egypt

Cleopatra II Philometor Soteira (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Φιλομήτωρ Σώτειρα, Kleopatra Philomētōr Sōteira; c. 185 BC – 116/115 BC) was Queen consort of Ptolemaic Egypt from 175 to 115 BC as wife of Ptolemy VI Philometor, and then Queen regnant as co-ruler with her two successive brother-husbands, her daughter, and her grandson. She co-ruled during her first reign since 170 until 164 BC, with Ptolemy VI Philometor, her first husband and the older of her brothers, and Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II, her younger brother. During her second reign she co-ruled again with Ptolemy VI from 163 BC until his death in 145 BC. She then ruled with her younger brother, Ptolemy VIII, whom she married, and her daughter Cleopatra III. She was sole ruler of Egypt from 131 BC to 127 BC. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cleopatra II of Egypt has received more than 244,952 page views. Her biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Cleopatra II of Egypt is the 897th most popular politician (up from 1,184th in 2019).

Cleopatra II of Egypt is most famous for being the daughter of Ptolemy XII of Egypt and Cleopatra I of Egypt, the wife of her brother Ptolemy XIII of Egypt, and the mother of her son Ptolemy XIV of Egypt. She was the last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.