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Cleopatra Selene of Syria

130 BC - 69 BC

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Cleopatra Selene (Ancient Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Σελήνη; c. between 135 and 130 – 69 BC) was the Queen consort of Egypt (Cleopatra Selene or Cleopatra V Selene) from 115 to 102 BC, the Queen consort of Syria from 102 to 92 BC, and the monarch of Syria (Cleopatra II) from 82 to 69 BC. The daughter of Ptolemy VIII Physcon and Cleopatra III of Egypt, Cleopatra Selene was favoured by her mother and became a pawn in Cleopatra III's political manoeuvres. In 115 BC, Cleopatra III forced her son Ptolemy IX to divorce his sister-wife Cleopatra IV, and chose Cleopatra Selene as the new queen consort of Egypt. Tension between the king and his mother grew and ended with his expulsion from Egypt, leaving Cleopatra Selene behind; she probably then married the new king, her other brother Ptolemy X. Following the marriage of the Syrian Seleucid princess Cleopatra I to Ptolemy V of Egypt, dynastic marriages between the two kingdoms became common. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cleopatra Selene of Syria has received more than 279,879 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Cleopatra Selene of Syria is the 2,880th most popular politician (up from 3,314th in 2019), the 160th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 171st in 2019) and the 73rd most popular Egyptian Politician.

Cleopatra Selene of Syria was the daughter of Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony. She was the queen of Mauretania, the wife of King Juba II, and the mother of King Ptolemy of Mauretania.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cleopatra Selene of Syria ranks 2,880 out of 19,576. Before her are Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, Donald III of Scotland, Haakon IV of Norway, Thabo Mbeki, Michael IV the Paphlagonian, and Ahmose-Nefertari. After her are Lyudmila Putina, Jill Biden, Emperor Ming of Han, Isabella Jagiellon, Ptolemy of Mauretania, and Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 130 BC, Cleopatra Selene of Syria ranks 1. After her are Antiochus of Ascalon, Lucius Appuleius Saturninus, Meleager of Gadara, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius, Appius Claudius Pulcher, Lucius Caecilius Metellus, and Gnaeus Papirius Carbo. Among people deceased in 69 BC, Cleopatra Selene of Syria ranks 1. After her are Cornelia, and Julia.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Cleopatra Selene of Syria ranks 160 out of 642. Before her are Ptolemy X Alexander I (-140), Arsinoe IV of Egypt (-68), Pope Dionysius of Alexandria (190), Ptolemy Keraunos (-318), Georges Moustaki (1934), and Ahmose-Nefertari (-1562). After her are Mentuhotep III (-2050), Neferefre (-2500), Smendes (-1200), Intef II (-2150), Faten Hamama (1931), and Nazli Sabri (1894).

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Among POLITICIANS In Egypt

Among politicians born in Egypt, Cleopatra Selene of Syria ranks 73. Before her are Nawal El Saadawi (1931), Apries (-650), Ptolemy X Alexander I (-140), Arsinoe IV of Egypt (-68), Ptolemy Keraunos (-318), and Ahmose-Nefertari (-1562). After her are Mentuhotep III (-2050), Neferefre (-2500), Smendes (-1200), Intef II (-2150), Fuad II of Egypt (1952), and As-Salih Ayyub (1205).

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