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  Ptolemy XIII of Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Son of Pharaoh Ptolemy XII of Egypt he succeeded him in Spring of 51 BC as co-ruler with his older sister Cleopatra VII of Egypt.
In Spring of 48 BC Ptolemy and Pothinus attempted to depose Cleopatra in order for the first to become sole ruler and the second to act as the power behind the throne.
Ptolemy reportedly drowned on January 13, 47 BC while attempting to cross the Nile.
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 Cleopatra VII
Ptolemy XIII, being young, served as a puppet for power-hungry advisers (in particular a minister named Pothinus) and in 48 B.C. kicked Cleopatra out of the palace.
Ptolemy was called to an audience the next day and was dismayed to find that Cleopatra was at his side.
Ptolemy XIV is thought to have survived the voyage back to Egypt, but he died soon after.
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She was married to her younger brother Ptolemy XIII when he was twelve, however she soon dropped his name from any official documents regardless of the Ptolemaic insistence that the male presence be first among co-rulers.
Ptolemy XIII drowned in the Nile while he was trying to flee.
Ptolemy XV (Caesarion) was made the co-ruler with his mother and was called the King of Kings.
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 Cleopatra's History Summery
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.
Cleopatra and Ptolemy XIII ruled jointly and did marry, though it was a marriage solely in law.
Cleopatra, now aged about 18 years, and Ptolemy XII, 10 years, were named Queen and King of Egypt in 51 B.C. Cleopatra did most of the ruling, and left Ptolemy XIII out of it.
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 Articles - Cleopatra VII of Egypt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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.
At the age of 18, she was left the throne on the death of her father, Ptolemy XII Auletes, in spring 51 BC, to rule jointly with her 12 year old brother, Ptolemy XIII.
Ptolemy I was the son of Arsinoe of Macedonia by either her husband Lagus, a Macedonian nobleman, or her lover Philip II of Macedon.
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 The truth about Macedonia
Ptolemy XIII was not there at the time was away at Pelusium defending his frontiers against Cleopatra.
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
Ptolemy XI Finally, if one accepts that Ptolemy XII and his brother had spent time at the court of Mithridates VI, it is difficult to explain how they came to be there on Bloedow's chronology.
Ptolemy XII and his brother Ptolemy of Cyprus from the two sons of Ptolemy IX said to have been by Cleopatra Selene that he left in Alexandria when he fled in 107, and explain what happened to the latter two, and there are no good grounds for doing so (see discussion under (iv) below).
Ptolemy IX, since it is generally supposed that Cleopatra V was a daughter of Ptolemy IX.
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 Cleopatra, Miss First Millennium of the Christian Era
Ptolemy XII, Cleopatra's father, was direct descendant of General Lagus one of Alexander the Great's boyhood friends and most trusted generals, later known as the diadochi or general descendants of the imperial power after Alexander's death.
The Egypt of the Ptolemy Pharaoh Cleopatra VII was an exporter to the Mediterranean world of beans, beer, cabbage, cheeses, cumin, dates, figs, fruits (apricots, peaches), garlic, honey, ivory, lentils, mustard, oils (cotton, linseed, safflower), olives, onions, papyrus, radish, vines, walnuts, wood and wool provided by the river valley and delta.
Pompey sought refuge with his ally Ptolemy XIII, but Pompey was killed upon his arrival to Alexandria, stabbed on the beach, perhaps in an attempt of the fourteen year old Ptolemy XIII to befriend his enemy Caesar.
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 Cleopatra Part 1: Seducer of Power
Ptolemy XII died in 51 BC leaving his throne to Cleopatra and her 12-year-old brother, Ptolemy XIII.
Believing Ptolemy XIII would be easier to influence, the advisors encouraged him to assume sole control and drive Cleopatra into exile.
Cleopatra and Ptolemy XIII were invited to appear before him to settle their dispute.
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 Untitled
They were descended from Ptolemy I, a general of Alexander the Great who became king of Egypt after Alexander's death in 323 B.C. When her father died in 51 B.C., Cleopatra and her brother Ptolemy XIII inherited the throne.
She spoke nine languages (she was the first Ptolemy pharaoh who could actually speak Egyptian!) and proved to be a shrewd politician.
Both Ptolemy and Cleopatra were to dismiss their armies and meet with Caesar, who would settle their dispute.
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 Ptolemy XIII of Egypt -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
At this point defeated Roman general (Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC)) Pompey came to Egypt seeking refuge from his pursuing rival (Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)) Julius Caesar.
Still determined to depose Cleopatra, Ptolemy allied himself with (Click link for more info and facts about Arsinoe IV) Arsinoe IV and jointly they organized the factions of the army loyal to them against those loyal to Cleopatra and the relatively small part of his army that had accompanied Caesar to Egypt.
Ptolemy reportedly drowned on January 13, 47 BC while attempting to cross the (The world's longest river (4180 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization) Nile.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pt/ptolemy_xiii_of_egypt3.htm   (593 words)

  
 Cleopatra
In forty-eight BC Ptolemy XIII kicked Cleopatra VII out of the palace, causing her to create an army outside the city, which brought about a civil war (Daniels 1).
In fifty BC, Ptolemy XIII signed a decree, banning shipments of grain to anywhere but Alexandria, to deprive Cleopatra VII and supporters, who were not in Alexandria.
Arsinoe believed that she should be the Queen of Egypt because of her alliance with Ptolemy XIII against Caesar (Daniels 2).
www.ccds.charlotte.nc.us /History/Egypt/03/muzzillo/muzzillo.htm   (1166 words)

  
 Cleopatra Time Frames
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.
Soon after, Ptolemy XIV died, perhaps poisoned by Cleopatra, and the queen named her son Caesarion co-ruler with her as Ptolemy Caesar.
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 Ptolemy XIII of Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
At this point defeated Roman general Pompey came to Egypt seeking refuge from his pursuing rival Julius Caesar.
Cleopatra proved more successful in winning Caesar's favor and became his lover.
Still determined to depose Cleopatra, Ptolemy allied himself with Arsinoe IV.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ptolemy_XIII   (460 words)

  
 Egypt: Rulers, Kings and Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt: Cleopatra VII & Ptolemy XIII
The Ptolemies' strength was failing and the Roman Empire was rising.
By this time, she and Caesar were already lovers and Ptolemy realized this right away.
This was to please the Alexandrians and the Egyptian priests.
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 Cleopatra VII of Egypt
Her father was Ptolemy XII Auletes, and her mother was probably Auletes's sister, Cleopatra V Tryphaena.
She was subsequently co-ruler with two of her brothers, Ptolemy XIII, and then who opposed the Roman domination, and Ptolemy XIV.
In 48, the advisors of Ptolemy XIII, led by the eunuch Pothinus, removed Cleopatra's power and forced her to flee Egypt.
www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/c/cl/cleopatra_vii_of_egypt.shtml   (1006 words)

  
 Egyptvoyager.com: Women in ancient Egypt
Ptolemy XII Auteles died in 51 BC leaving the kingdom to his son, Ptolemy XIII and his daughter Cleopatra VII who, by ancient Egyptian traditions, had to marry her younger 12 year old brother.
By that time, the civil war between Ptolemy XIII and Cleopatra had already started and in 48 BC a riot occurred in Alexandria, so Ptolemy fled to Pelusium.
Their children were also given the titles of Ptolemy XV for Caesarion, who was also called King of the Kings.
www.egyptvoyager.com /features_womeninancientegypt_cleopatra.htm   (965 words)

  
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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.
www.ga.k12.pa.us /academics/MS/8th/romanhis/Forum/Aliciah/firpara.htm   (394 words)

  
 Historical Figures - Cleopatra
She was subsequently co-ruler with two of her brothers, Ptolemy XIII, who opposed the Roman domination, and Ptolemy XIV.
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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 Queen Cleopatra   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
She was the third daughter in line to her father Ptolemy XII; she later had another sister and two younger brothers.
During the two centuries that preceded Ptolemy XII death, the Ptolemies were allied with the Romans.
Ptolemy XIII was gone to Pelusium and Caesar placed himself in the royal palace and started giving out orders to make Ptolemy XIII return again.
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 Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Ptolemy was his mother's co-ruler, killed by Octavian, later the emperor Augustus, after Cleopatra's death in 30.
Ptolemy published his astronomical data in an encyclopedic volume known as Almagest.
When Leo XIII became pope on Feb. 20, 1878, at the age of 67, his reign was expected to be a brief, transitional one.
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 R-MC Academics: Classics
B. Ptolemy XII dies in 51 BC, and Cleopatra VII and Ptolemy XIII joint rulers.
She was born in between 68 and 62 B.C. to Ptolemy XII and most likely Cleopatra V, however we are unsure that Cleopatra was her mother.
Some think that she was declared Queen by the army in September of 48 B.C. In October of 48, she fought with Ptolemy XIII against Cleopatra in the Alexandrian War.
www.rmc.edu /directory/academics/classics/cleoclass/arsinoe.asp   (402 words)

  
 IBSS - History - Greek
It tells the Decree of Memphis which is the decree of Ptolemy V in his 9th year in 196 BC.
Julius Caesar favored Cleopatra ruling over Ptolemy XIII who then besieged the Romans on Pharos island, but was drowned in the battle.
Cleopatra married her younger brother Ptolemy XIV, but had a son by Julius Caesar named Ptolemy XV Caesarion.
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 History of Alexandria: Cleopatra   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Meanwhile, Cleopatra and her brother/husband Ptolemy XIII were duelling, albeit silently, over the throne.
With the arrival of Roman reinforcements, and after a few battles in Alexandria, Ptolemy XIII was defeated and killed.
In the summer of 47 BC, having married her younger brother Ptolemy XIV, Cleopatra and Caesar embarked for a two month on a trip along the Nile, aboard a legendary boat.
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 Ptolemy XII
He fell under the influence of Cleopatra, forced Ptolemy XII to share the throne with her again, and put down a rebellion raised by Pothinus.
Ptolemy XI - Ptolemy XI (Ptolemy Auletes), d.
Ptolemy and Strabo and their conversation with Appeles and Protogenes: cosmography and painting in Raphael's 'School of Athens.' (Renaissance Quarterly)
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 Roman History Versus XenaVerse Myth (Or Things That Would Turn My Latin Teacher's Hair Purple)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
She was born in Alexandria, Egypt, the third child (and girl) in a family of four girls and two boys.
During the rule of the later Ptolemies, Rome was declared guardian of the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
Ptolemy, who was too young to rule, resented her rule.
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 Cleopatra history, biography and pictures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
King Ptolemy XII willed his throne to his ten-year-old son, Ptolemy XIII, and his eighteen-year-old daughter, Cleopatra.
The brother and sister were to rule Egypt as husband and wife, but Ptolemy XIII forced his sister from the throne in an attempt to seize total power.
Ptolemy XIII drowned in the Nile River while try to escape Caesar's army.
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 AlSHindagah Online
Her father was Egypt's pharaoh, Ptolemy XII, while her mother was most probably Ptolemy’s sister, Cleopatra V Tryphaena.
She was determined to rule alone, leaving Ptolemy in the background, as a pharaoh in name only, for three years.
It ended when Pothinus was killed in battle and Ptolemy XIII drowned in the Nile while trying to flee.
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 Cleopatra
Cleopatra the seventh was the last pharaoh of Egypt for the Ptolemy Dynasty and for the history of all Egyptian pharaohs.
After the death of Cleopatra's father, Ptolemy XII, in the year of 51 BC Cleopatra the seventh gained the position as the last pharaoh of Egypt of the Ptolemy rule.
In 48 BC, three years into their rule, Ptolemy XIII recognized that his power was being taken away from him by his Queen, Cleopatra VII.
www.ccds.charlotte.nc.us /History/Egypt/03/andrews/andrews.htm   (993 words)

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