Tryphaena Queen of Hellenistic Syria

• Preferred Name: Tryphaena Queen of Hellenistic Syria^[1]
  
• Gender: F
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Greek Ptolemaic Princess of Egypt
  
• Birth: BEF 221 in Alexandria, Egypt at LATI: N1 LONG: E9.75
  
• FSID: LVSJ-KC5
  
• Marriages+of+Cleopatra+IV: BET 138 BC AND 112 BC in Alexandria, Egypt at LATI: N1 LONG: E9.75 with note: Description: Married to Ptolemy IX and co-ruler with him from 116 to 115 BC, when she was divorced from him and remarried to the Seleucid king Antiochus IX Cyzicenus.
  
• Death: BEF 280 in Syria at LATI: N4.52 LONG: E7.57
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Tryphaena c. 140 BC 110/09 BC
  Married the Seleucid king Antiochus VIII Grypus in 124 BC.
  Children :
  . Seleucus VI Epiphanes
  . Antiochus XI
  . Philip I
  . Demetrius III
  . Antiochus XII
  . Laodice, Queen of Commagene

1. Title: Wikipedia - Tryphaena
   Author: Notes Edit Felix Stähelin: Kleopatra 25). In: Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft. Vol. XI, 1 (1921), col. 787. Justin, Epitoma historiarum Philippicarum Pompei Trogi 39.2.3 Porphyry, quoted by Eusebius of Caesarea, Chronicle I, p. 261-262, edition by Schoene Justin, Epitoma historiarum Philippicarum Pompei Trogi 39.3.4-12, our only source for these events References Edit Felix Stähelin: Kleopatra 25). In: Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft . Vol. XI, 1 (1921), col. 787–788.
   Publication: Name: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tryphaena;
   Note: Tryphaena (Greek: Τρύφαινα; c. 141 BC – 111 BC) was a Ptolemaic princess. She married the Seleucid king Antiochus VIII Grypus and was queen of Syria (124–111 BC). Tryphaena Queen consort of the Seleucid Empire (Queen Consort of Syria) Tenure 124 BC–111 BC (in opposition to her sister Cleopatra IV until 112 BC) Coronation 124 BC Predecessors Cleopatra Thea and Seleucus V Philometor Successor Queen consort Cleopatra Selene Born c. 141 BC Died 111 BC Spouse Antiochus VIII Grypus Issue Seleucus VI Epiphanes Antiochus XI Epiphanes Philip I Philadelphus Demetrius III Eucaerus Antiochus XII Dionysus Laodice Dynasty Ptolemaic Father Ptolemy VIII Physcon Mother Cleopatra III Early life and Queen of Syria It is often assumed that Tryphaena also bore the name Cleopatra, but this has not been attested. She was the oldest daughter of the Egyptian king Ptolemy VIII Physcon and his niece and wife Cleopatra III.[1] Therefore, she was the sister of Ptolemy IX Lathyros, Ptolemy X Alexander I, Cleopatra IV and Cleopatra Selene. In 124 BC Ptolemy VIII broke with his former ally Alexander II Zabinas, instead supporting Antiochus VIII Grypus, the son of Demetrius II Nicator and Cleopatra Thea. As part of the new policy, Ptolemy VIII married his daughter Tryphaena to Antiochus VIII and also sent him reinforcements.[2] The couple had five sons: Seleucus VI Epiphanes, the twin Antiochus XI Epiphanes and Philip I Philadelphus, Demetrius III Eucaerus, and Antiochus XII Dionysus. Tryphaena also bore her husband a daughter called Laodice, who became the wife of Mithridates I Callinicus.[3] Feud with Cleopatra IV and death In 112 BC Antiochus VIII defeated his stepbrother and rival Antiochus IX Cyzicenus, and took Antioch, where Cleopatra IV, the wife of Antiochus IX, stayed. Tryphaena hated her sister Cleopatra IV, who had taken refuge in the temple of Apollo, and wanted her to be killed. She accused Cleopatra IV of introducing foreign armies into the dispute between the Seleucid stepbrothers and marrying outside Egypt against the will of her mother. Antiochus VIII asked his wife in vain to spare her sister. He said that his ancestors had never dealt so violently with women. He added that the temple, where Cleopatra IV had taken refuge, was sacred, and that he had to respect the gods, with whose help he had won. But Tryphaena was not to be persuaded by her husband and ordered several soldiers to execute her sister. They penetrated into the temple and killed Cleopatra IV. Before dying Cleopatra IV cursed her murderers and left her revenge to the discretion of the dishonoured gods.[4] A year later, in 111 BC, Tryphaena was taken prisoner by Antiochus IX after he had beaten his stepbrother in another battle. Antiochus IX had her executed and sacrificed her to the manes of his wife.[4]