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  Encyclopedia: Ptolemy XII
Spring - Pharaoh Ptolemy XII of Egypt dies and is succeeded by his eldest surviving daughter Cleopatra VII of Egypt and her younger brother and co-ruler Ptolemy XIII of Egypt.
Tryphaina and his wife Cleopatra V Cleopatra V of Egypt is the mother of Cleopatra VII, by her husband Ptolemy XII of Egypt, and is possibly the mother of Cleopatra VI of Egypt and Berenice IV.
Cleopatra V Cleopatra V of Egypt is the mother of Cleopatra VII, by her husband Ptolemy XII of Egypt, and is possibly the mother of Cleopatra VI of Egypt and Berenice IV.
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 Cleopatra VII of Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
She was first briefly co-ruler with her father, Ptolemy XII Auletes and on his death became co-ruler with her brother Ptolemy XIII in the spring of 51 BC.
Ptolemy I was the son of Arsinoe of Macedonia by either her husband Lagus, a Macedonian nobleman, or her lover Philip II of Macedon.
Cleopatra VII (VI) at LacusCurtius — (Chapter XIII of E. R. Bevan's House of Ptolemy, 1923)
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 Ptolemaic Dynasty - Ptolemy I - XV
Ptolemy IV Philopator was the fourth ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
Ptolemy VI Philometor was the sixth ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator was the seventh ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
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 Encyclopedia: Ptolemy XII Auletes
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.
Cleopatra V of Egypt is the mother of Cleopatra VII, by her husband Ptolemy XII, and is possibly the mother of Cleopatra VI of Egypt and Berenice IV.
As co-ruler of Egypt with her father (Ptolemy XII Auletes), her brother/husband Ptolemy XIV, and later her son Caesarion, Cleopatra survived a coup engineered by her brother's courtiers, consummated a liaison with Julius Caesar that solidified her grip on the throne, and, after Caesar's assassination, aligned with Mark Antony, with whom she produced twins.
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 Cleopatra   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Cleopatra VII was born in the Egyptian capital of Alexandria in 69 B.C. Her father was Ptolemy XII (Auletes or "Flute-Player") pharaoh of Egypt, and her mother was probably Ptolemy XII's sister Cleopatra V Tryphaena (it was customary for the Egyptian pharaoh to marry within the dynastic family).
Ptolemy XII's remaining family was Cleopatra VII and her two younger bothers, both named Ptolemy.
When Ptolemy XII died in 51 B.C. Cleopatra VII, then 17 or 18, and Ptolemy XIII, who at the age of 12 was the eldest of the brothers, inherited the throne.
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 Egyptian Pharaohs : Graeco-Roman Period : Ptolemaic Dynasty : Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos
Ptolemy XII was often referred to as "The Bastard" or "Flute Player" -- which, I gather, was not a complimentary label and may have involved suggestions of homosexuality -- and he referred to himself with the lofty title "Theos Philopater Philadelphos Neos Dionysus.
Ptolemy XII was the illegitimate son of Ptolemy IX (Lathyros), who ruled as co-regent with his mother.
Ptolemy XII was not a good pharaoh, and his violent behavior and reprehensible life caused the people of Alexandria to force him out of office and out of Egypt.
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 Ptolemy XII of Egypt
Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos Theos Philopator Theos Philadelphos (117 BCE - 51 BCE) was son of Ptolemy IX[?] Soter II.
He followed Ptolemy XI[?] Alexandros II who had been killed by an angry crowd, after having killed his popular coregent Cleopatra V of Egypt[?] Berenice III, who was incidentally also a daughter of Ptolemy IX Soter II.
In his will he declared that she and her brother Ptolemy XIII should rule the kingdom together.
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 Cleopatra's History Summery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Cleopatra VII's father was Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos "Auletes", who began his rule of Egypt in 80 B.C. He was not well respected and thought weak, as is exhibited by his popular knicknamed "Auletes", which is Greek for "flute-player" Roughly means a "Do Nothing".
Berenice IV ruled the kingdom until Ptolemy XII "Auletes" regained the throne in 55 B.C. Berenice IV was beheaded.
Ptolemy XII "Auletes" then ruled until his death in 51 B.C. On her father's death in 51 BC Cleopatra, then she was about 17 years old, and her brother, Ptolemy XII, a child of about 12 years, succeeded jointly to the throne of Egypt with the provision that they should marry.
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 Cleopatra VII
Cleopatra VII's father was Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos "Auletes", who began his rule of Egypt in 80 B.C. He was not well respected and thought weak, as is exhibited by his popular nickname "Auletes", which means "flute-player" in Greek.
Leaders in Rome were named as guardians and were to uphold the choice of Ptolemy XII for the two to marry and jointly rule Egypt.
Ptolemy XIV is thought to have survived the voyage back to Egypt, but he died soon after.
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 Cleopatra VII of Egypt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Her father was Ptolemy XII Auletes, and her mother was probably Auletes's sister, Cleopatra V Tryphaena.
In 48 BC, the advisors of Ptolemy XIII, led by the eunuch Pothinus, removed Cleopatra's power and forced her to flee Egypt.
After a short war Ptolemy XIII was killed and Caesar restored Cleopatra to her throne, with Ptolemy XIV as new co-ruler.
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 Encyclopedia: Ptolemy XII of Egypt
Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos Theos Philopator Theos Philadelphos (New Dionysus, God Beloved of his Father, God Beloved of his Brother) (117 BCE - 51 BCE) was son of Ptolemy IX Soter II.
Ptolemy IX of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Ptolemy XII of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
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 Egyptian History: Graeco-Roman Dynasties   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Ptolemy was worshipped as pharaohs had traditionally been, and he was careful to foster the worship of the ancient gods and of Graecised Egyptian gods like Serapis.
Ptolemy II Philadelphus, (reigned 284-246 BCE), married to his full sister, Asinoe II, and sharing power with her, continued the reorganisation of Egypt, basing his decisions on facts gathered during extensive censuses.
Ptolemy XII Auletes, (c.112-51 BCE, r.80-51) was the illegitimate son of Ptolemy IX (r.
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 Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos Auletes and Berenice IV (alternatively) ... youregypt.com
After the death of the legitimate heir to the throne, the illegitimate son of Lathyrus, Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos Auletes, ascended in 80 BC.
In 58 BC and as a result of people's hatred for Auletes because of his brutality and the harsh taxes he imposed, he was expelled from Alexandria to Rome.
Auletes left 2 sons; Ptolemy XIII, Ptolemy XIV, and 3 daughter: Arsinoe IV, Cleopatra VI and the famous Cleopatra VII.
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 Background
Ptolemy I made it the capital rather than the ancient city of Thebes which was in the hands of the Egyptian high priests.
Auletes was probably as capable as anyone could be in his situation.
Auletes made his will and sent it to be lodged with the Vestal Virgins of Rome.
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 Cleopatra Time Frames
Cleopatra VII's father was Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos "Auletes", began his rule of Egypt.
Ptolemy XII "Auletes" then ruled until his death in 51 B.C. On her father's death in 51 BC Cleopatra, then about 17 years old, and her brother, Ptolemy XII, a child of about 12 years, succeeded jointly to the throne of Egypt with the provision that they should marry.
Ptolemy XIII was drowned in the Nile when he led an army in a failed attack against Ceasar, and Caesar made Cleopatra's younger brother, Ptolemy XIV, joint ruler with her.
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 Royalty.nu - History of Egypt - Cleopatra VII, the Last Pharaoh
Her father was Egypt's pharaoh, Ptolemy XII, nicknamed Auletes or "Flute-Player." Cleopatra's mother was probably Auletes's sister, Cleopatra V Tryphaena.
Ptolemy XII was a weak and cruel ruler, and in 58 BC the people of Alexandria rebelled and overthrew him.
But Ptolemy's advisors thought it would be safer to side with Caesar, and when Pompey arrived he was stabbed to death while the pharaoh watched.
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 Egypt - Ptolemy XII   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The son of Ptolemy X (Ptolemy XI) took the throne by marrying his step-mother, wife of Ptolemy IX - then killed her.
Ptolemy XII retook his throne and had Archelaus and Bernice killed.
Polemy XII died in 51 BC and eventually was succeeded by his daugher the famous Cleopatra VII.
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 Ptolemy XII   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos Theos Philopator Theos Philadelphos (117BCE - 51 BCE) was son of Ptolemy IX Soter II.
He followed Ptolemy XI Alexandros II who had been killed by an angry crowd, afterhaving killed his popular coregent Cleopatra V of Egypt Berenice III, who was incidentally also a daughter of Ptolemy IX Soter II.
In his will hedeclared that she and her brother Ptolemy XIII shouldrule the kingdom together.
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 Ptolemy (disambiguation) -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Ptolemy Keraunos, a king of Macedon, slain by Brennus the Gaul in battle.
Ptolemy Apion, son of Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II and ruler of Cyrenaica
Ptolemy, a semi-fictional character in the Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud.
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 Ptolemy XII
Ptolemy XI - Ptolemy XI (Ptolemy Auletes), d.
Ancient Egypt: Rulers - Amenemhet I, king of ancient Egypt, founder of the XII dynasty (2000–1970 B.C.) Sesostris I,...
Ptolemy and Strabo and their conversation with Appeles and Protogenes: cosmography and painting in Raphael's 'School of Athens.'
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 Ptolemy XII Auletes --  Encyclopædia Britannica
eldest daughter of Ptolemy XII Auletes of Egypt, sister of the great Cleopatra VII, and ruler of Egypt during her father's absence in 58–55.
youngest daughter of the Macedonian king Ptolemy XII Auletes of Egypt, sister of Cleopatra VII and the kings Ptolemy XIII and XIV.
Sweden's soldier-king Charles XII was a brilliant strategist and a courageous fighter.
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 History of the Macedonian People from Ancient times to the Present - Part XII, by Risto Stefov
Ptolemy's guardians may have been eager to welcome Roman dominance but the Macedonians were not and instantly began to riot.
Ptolemy, on the other hand, was quick to grasp the situation and reacted by running out of the palace screaming that he had been betrayed by his sister.
Ptolemy XIII fled in an attempt to escape but was captured and drowned in the Nile River.
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 Ptolemy XII Auletes - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Ptolemy XII Auletes - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
His personal cult name (Neos Dionysos) earned him the ridiculing sobriquet Auletes (flute player) - which he was by the way, as we learn from Strabo's writing (Strabo XVII, 1, 11).
Ptolemy XII Auletes, Articles lacking sources, 117 BC births, 51 BC deaths and Ancient Roman enemies and allies.
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She had two brothers, Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV, and a sister Arsinoe.
Her father Ptolemy XII Auletes died in 51 BC, leaving control of Egypt to his seventeen year old daughter Cleopatra and his twelve year old son Ptolemy XIII.
Ptolemy XII left his empire to his two children with the plan that they would rule jointly and eventually they would marry.
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 Ptolemies
The fourteen kings of this dynasty were all called Ptolemy and are numbered by modern historians I to XV (Ptolemy VII never reigned).
Another intriguing aspect was the willingness of the Ptolemies to present themselves to the Egyptians as native pharaohs (cf.
However, after the death of Ptolemy IV in 204, his son Ptolemy V was too young to rule, and his wife Arsinoe was murdered.
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 Cleopatra
Daughter of Ptolemy XII Auletes, born 69 (or 68) BC.
At the age of seventeen she became queen of Egypt jointly with her younger brother Ptolemy Dionysus, whose wife, in accordance with Egyptian custom, she was to become.
The personal fascinations of Cleopatra induced him to undertake a war on her behalf, in which Ptolemy lost his life, and she was replaced on the throne in conjunction with a younger brother, of whom, however, she soon rid herself by poison.
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 Ptolemy XII of Egypt : Ptolemy XII
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Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos Theos Philopator Theos Philadelphos (117 BCE - 51 BCE) was son of IX of Egypt">Ptolemy IX[?] Soter II.
He followed XI of Egypt">Ptolemy XI[?] Alexandros II who had been killed by an angry crowd, after having killed his popular coregent Cleopatra V of Egypt[?] Berenice III, who was incidentally also a daughter of Ptolemy IX Soter II.
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 80 Cleopatra Links
http://www.houseofptolemy.org/housecle.htm *** The House of Ptolemy: Caesar, Cleopatra, Marcus Antonius - the Transition to a Greco-Roman (Roman Imperial) Egypt *** The House of Ptolemy: Caesar, Cleopatra, and Marcus Antonius and the Transition to a Greco-Roman (Roman Imperial) Egypt [ Ceasar, Cleopatra, Marcus Antonius...
The daughter of Ptolemy XI, she was married at the age of 17 (as was the family...
Cleopatra's father Ptolemy XII was the oldest of the two illegitimate sons of Ptolemy IX.
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