King Ptolemy IV Philopater of Egypt

• Preferred Name: King Ptolemy IV Philopater of Egypt
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: LVS6-CBY
  
• Death: BEF 259 in Alexandria, Al Iskandariyah, Egypt at LATI: N1.1918 LONG: E9.9137
  
• Birth: BEF 244 BC in Ash Shatibi, Al Iskandariyah, Egypt at LATI: N1.2072 LONG: E9.9167
  
• MilitaryService: Battle of Raphia in Palestine217 BC
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King of EgyptBET 222 BC AND 204 BC
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: 4th Pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Ptolemy IV Philopator ("Ptolemy, lover of his Father"; May/June 244 – July/August 204 BC), son of Ptolemy III and Berenice II, was the fourth Pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt from 221 to 204 BC.
  
  Ptolemy's succession to the throne was accompanied by a wide-ranging purge of the Ptolemaic royal family, which left control of the realm's government largely in the hands of his courtiers Sosibius and Agathocles. His reign was marked by the Fourth Syrian War (219–217 BC) with the Seleucid empire, which culminated in a decisive Ptolemaic victory at the Battle of Raphia, one of the largest battles of the whole Hellenistic Age. In the final years of his rule, control over the southern portion of the country was lost to the rebel Pharaoh Hugronaphor. Ptolemy IV died in mysterious circumstances in 204 BC and was succeeded by his young son Ptolemy V Epiphanes under the regency of Sosibius and Agathocles.
  
  In ancient sources, Ptolemy was criticised for being more interested in luxury and court ceremony than government, politics, and foreign relations. The decline of the Ptolemaic dynasty is usually traced to his reign.
  
  Sometime between October and December 222 BC, Ptolemy III died and Ptolemy IV was crowned king. The new king was about twenty years old and was under the strong influence of two prominent aristocrats: Sosibius and Agathocles, the brother of Ptolemy's mistress Agathoclea. On Ptolemy's accession, Sosibius engineered a large-scale purge of the royal family in order to eliminate anyone who might be able to oppose him. Ptolemy IV's uncle Lysimachus was probably murdered at this time. Ptolemy's mother Berenice II was believed to support his younger brother Magas who had held substantial military commands and was popular with the army, so Magas was scalded to death in the bath. Berenice died shortly afterwards and is said to have been poisoned. By contrast, Ptolemy's sister Arsinoe III was brought into close association with the king. By late 220 BC, Ptolemy had married his older sister, reviving the tradition of sibling-marriage that had been begun by Ptolemy's grandfather Ptolemy II Philadelphus and would remain the norm for the rest of the dynasty

• m. NOV 220 BC

1. Ptolemy V Epiphanes "the Glorious and Illustrious" King of Egypt, b. BEF 210 BC in Alexandria, Egypt     d. BEF 281 in Alexandria, Egypt