Cleopatra Selene Queen of Egypt I

• Preferred Name: Cleopatra Selene Queen of Egypt I^[1]
  
• Gender: F
  
• FSID: LVS6-874
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Queen consort of SyriaBET 102 BC AND 92 BC
  
• Clan Name: with note: Description: Ptolemaic Dynasty (by birth)
  
• Clan Name: with note: Description: Seleucid Dynasty (by marriage)
  
• Birth: BET 135 BC AND 130 BC
  
• Death: 69 BC in Seleucia at the Zeugma, Turkey at LATI: N9 LONG: E5 with note: Standard
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Queen consort of EgyptBET 115 BC AND 102 BC
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Queen regnant of SyriaBET 82 BC AND 69 BC
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Cleopatra Selene
  
  Queen consort of Egypt
  Tenure 115–107 BC
  107–102 BC
  Predecessor Cleopatra IV
  Successor Berenice III
  
  Queen consort of Syria
  Tenure 102–96 BC
  95 BC
  95–92 BC
  Predecessor Tryphaena
  
  Queen regnant of Syria
  Reign 82–69 BC
  (regent for Antiochus XIII between 82 and 75 BC)
  Predecessors Antiochus XII
  Philip I
  Successor Antiochus XIII
  Born c. 135–130 BC
  Died 69 BC
  Seleucia
  Spouse
  Ptolemy IX (115–107 BC; divorced)
  Ptolemy X (107–102 BC; divorced)
  Antiochus VIII (102-96 BC; widowed)
  Antiochus IX (95 BC; widowed)
  Antiochus X (95–92 BC; widowed)
  Issue
  Detail Antiochus XIII
  Dynasty Ptolemaic (by birth)
  Seleucid (by marriage)
  Father Ptolemy VIII
  Mother Cleopatra III
  
  Cleopatra II Selene (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Σελήνη; c. between 135 and 130 – 69 BC) was the monarch of Syria from 82 to 69 BC. The daughter of Ptolemy VIII 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. In 102 BC, Cleopatra III decided to establish an alliance with her nephew Antiochus VIII of Syria; Cleopatra Selene was sent as his bride. After his assassination in 96 BC, she married his brother and rival Antiochus IX. Cleopatra Selene lost her new husband in 95 BC and married a final time to Antiochus IX's son Antiochus X, who disappeared from the records and is presumed to have died in 92 BC, but may have remained in power until 89/88 BC (224 SE (Seleucid year)).[note 1]
  
  Cleopatra Selene then hid somewhere in the kingdom with her children. Eventually, Syria split between the sons of Antiochus VIII with Philip I ruling in the Syrian capital Antioch and Antiochus XII in the southern city Damascus.
  
  Cleopatra Selene had many children by several husbands. Probably following the death of Antiochus XII in 230 SE (83/82 BC), she declared Antiochus XIII, her son by Antiochus X, king, and seems to have declared herself co-ruler; they claimed Antioch following Philip I's death.
  
  But the people of Antioch and the governor of Damascus, exhausted by the Seleucids' civil wars, invited foreign monarchs to rule them: Tigranes II of Armenia took Antioch, while Aretas III of Nabataea took Damascus. Cleopatra Selene controlled several coastal towns until Tigranes II besieged her in 69 BC in Ptolemais; the Armenian king captured the queen and later executed her.
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  Children of Antiochus X and Cleopatra Selene I :
  
  The Roman statesman Cicero wrote about two sons of Antiochus X and Cleopatra Selene who visited Rome during his time (between 75 and 73 BC); one of them was named Antiochus. The king might have also fathered a daughter with his wife; according to the first century historian Plutarch, the Armenian king Tigranes II, who killed Cleopatra Selene in 69 BC, "put to death the successors of Seleucus, and [carried] off their wives and daughters into captivity". This statement makes it possible to assume that Antiochus X had at least one daughter with his wife.
  
  Antiochus XIII: mentioned by Cicero. His epithets raised questions about how many sons with that name Antiochus X fathered; when Antiochus XIII issued coins as a sole ruler, he used the epithet Philadelphos ("brother-loving"), but on jugate coins that show Cleopatra Selene as regent along with a ruling son named Antiochus, the epithet Philometor ("mother-loving") is used. The historian Kay Ehling [de], agreeing with the view of Bouché-Leclercq, argued that two sons, both named Antiochus, resulted from the marriage of Antiochus X and Cleopatra Selene. Cicero, on the other hand, left one of the brothers unnamed, and clearly stated that Antiochus was the name of only one prince. Ehling's theory is possible but only if "Antiochus Philometor" was the prince named by Cicero, and the brother, who had a different name, assumed the dynastic name Antiochus with the epithet Philadelphos when he became king following the death of Antiochus Philometor. In the view of the historian Adrian Dumitru, such a scenario is complicated; more likely, Antiochus XIII bore two epithets, Philadelphos and Philometor. Several numismatists, such as Oliver D. Hoover, Catharine Lorber and Arthur Houghton, agree that both epithets denoted Antiochus XIII.
  
  Seleucus VII: the numismatist Brian Kritt deciphered and published a newly discovered jugate coin bearing the portrait of Cleopatra Selene and a co-ruler in 2002. Kritt's reading gave the name of King Seleucus Philometor and, considering the epithet which means mother loving, equated him with the unnamed son mentioned by Cicero. Kritt gave the newly discovered king the regnal name Seleucus VII. Some scholars, such as Lloyd Llewellyn Jones and Michael Roy Burgess [de], accepted the reading, but Hoover rejected Kritt's reading as the coin is badly damaged and some of the letters cannot be read. Hoover proposed a different reading where the king's name is Antiochus, to be identified with Antiochus XIII.
  
  Seleucus Kybiosaktes: the unnamed son mentioned by Cicero does not appear in other ancient literature. Seleucus Kybiosaktes, a man who appeared c. 58 BC in Egypt as a husband of its queen Berenice IV, is identified by modern scholarship with the unnamed prince. According to the first century BC historian Strabo, Kybiosaktes pretended to be of Seleucid descent. Kritt considered it plausible to identify Seleucus VII with Seleucus Kybiosaktes.
  
  === Cleopatra Selene II(?) ===
  Born : c. 135–130 BC
  Died : 69 BC, Seleucia at the Zeugma
  
  Spouses :
  . Ptolemy IX (115–107 BC; divorced)
  . Ptolemy X (107–102 BC; divorced)
  . Antiochus VIII (102-96 BC; widowed)
  . Antiochus IX (95 BC; widowed)
  . Antiochus X (95–92 BC; widowed)
  Issue : Antiochus XIII Philadelphus, known as Asiaticus
  
  Father : Ptolemy VIII
  Mother : Cleopatra III

• m. BET 115 BC AND 107 BC

1. Cleopatra Berenice III III, b. 114 BC in Alexandria, Egypt     d. 80 BC in Alexandria, Egypt

• m. BET 95 BC AND 92

• m. 95 BC

• m. BET 102 BC AND 96 BC

1. Cleopatra Berenice III III, b. 114 BC in Alexandria, Egypt     d. 80 BC in Alexandria, Egypt

1. Title: Wikipedia - Cleopatra Selene II
   Author: Ager, Sheila L. (2005). "Familiarity Breeds: Incest and the Ptolemaic Dynasty". The Journal of Hellenic Studies. The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. 125: 1–34. doi:10.1017/S0075426900007084. ISSN 0075-4269. Appian (1912) [162]. Appianʼs Roman History with an English translation by Horace White in Four Volumes. 2. William Heinemann. OCLC 886392072. Ashton, Sally-Ann (2003). The Last Queens of Egypt. Pearson Education. ISBN 978-0-582-77210-6. Atkinson, Kenneth (2012). Queen Salome: Jerusalem's Warrior Monarch of the First Century B.C.E. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-786-49073-8. Bellinger, Alfred R. (1949). "The End of the Seleucids". Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 38. OCLC 4520682. Bellinger, Alfred R. (1952). "Notes on Some Coins from Antioch in Syria". Museum Notes. The American Numismatic Society. 5. ISSN 0145-1413. Bennett, Christopher J. (1997). "Cleopatra V Tryphæna and the Genealogy of the L
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra_Selene_of_Syria;
   Note: Queen consort of Egypt Tenure 115–107 BC 107–102 BC Predecessor Cleopatra IV Successor Berenice III Queen consort of Syria Tenure 102–96 BC 95 BC 95–92 BC Predecessor Tryphaena Queen regnant of Syria Reign 82–69 BC (regent for Antiochus XIII between 82 and 75 BC) Predecessors Antiochus XII Philip I Successor Antiochus XIII Born c. 135–130 BC Died 69 BC Seleucia Spouse Ptolemy IX (115–107 BC; divorced) Ptolemy X (107–102 BC; divorced) Antiochus VIII (102-96 BC; widowed) Antiochus IX (95 BC; widowed) Antiochus X (95–92 BC; widowed) Issue Detail Antiochus XIII Dynasty Ptolemaic (by birth) Seleucid (by marriage) Father Ptolemy VIII Mother Cleopatra III Cleopatra II Selene (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Σελήνη; c. between 135 and 130 – 69 BC) was the monarch of Syria from 82 to 69 BC. The daughter of Ptolemy VIII 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. In 102 BC, Cleopatra III decided to establish an alliance with her nephew Antiochus VIII of Syria; Cleopatra Selene was sent as his bride. After his assassination in 96 BC, she married his brother and rival Antiochus IX. Cleopatra Selene lost her new husband in 95 BC and married a final time to Antiochus IX's son Antiochus X, who disappeared from the records and is presumed to have died in 92 BC, but may have remained in power until 89/88 BC (224 SE (Seleucid year)).[note 1] Cleopatra Selene then hid somewhere in the kingdom with her children. Eventually, Syria split between the sons of Antiochus VIII with Philip I ruling in the Syrian capital Antioch and Antiochus XII in the southern city Damascus. Cleopatra Selene had many children by several husbands. Probably following the death of Antiochus XII in 230 SE (83/82 BC), she declared Antiochus XIII, her son by Antiochus X, king, and seems to have declared herself co-ruler; they claimed Antioch following Philip I's death. But the people of Antioch and the governor of Damascus, exhausted by the Seleucids' civil wars, invited foreign monarchs to rule them: Tigranes II of Armenia took Antioch, while Aretas III of Nabataea took Damascus. Cleopatra Selene controlled several coastal towns until Tigranes II besieged her in 69 BC in Ptolemais; the Armenian king captured the queen and later executed her. _________________________________________________ Children of Antiochus X and Cleopatra Selene I : The Roman statesman Cicero wrote about two sons of Antiochus X and Cleopatra Selene who visited Rome during his time (between 75 and 73 BC); one of them was named Antiochus. The king might have also fathered a daughter with his wife; according to the first century historian Plutarch, the Armenian king Tigranes II, who killed Cleopatra Selene in 69 BC, "put to death the successors of Seleucus, and [carried] off their wives and daughters into captivity". This statement makes it possible to assume that Antiochus X had at least one daughter with his wife. Antiochus XIII: mentioned by Cicero. His epithets raised questions about how many sons with that name Antiochus X fathered; when Antiochus XIII issued coins as a sole ruler, he used the epithet Philadelphos ("brother-loving"), but on jugate coins that show Cleopatra Selene as regent along with a ruling son named Antiochus, the epithet Philometor ("mother-loving") is used. The historian Kay Ehling [de], agreeing with the view of Bouché-Leclercq, argued that two sons, both named Antiochus, resulted from the marriage of Antiochus X and Cleopatra Selene. Cicero, on the other hand, left one of the brothers unnamed, and clearly stated that Antiochus was the name of only one prince. Ehling's theory is possible but only if "Antiochus Philometor" was the prince named by Cicero, and the brother, who had a different name, assumed the dynastic name Antiochus with the epithet Philadelphos when he became king following the death of Antiochus Philometor. In the view of the historian Adrian Dumitru, such a scenario is complicated; more likely, Antiochus XIII bore two epithets, Philadelphos and Philometor. Several numismatists, such as Oliver D. Hoover, Catharine Lorber and Arthur Houghton, agree that both epithets denoted Antiochus XIII. Seleucus VII: the numismatist Brian Kritt deciphered and published a newly discovered jugate coin bearing the portrait of Cleopatra Selene and a co-ruler in 2002. Kritt's reading gave the name of King Seleucus Philometor and, considering the epithet which means mother loving, equated him with the unnamed son mentioned by Cicero. Kritt gave the newly discovered king the regnal name Seleucus VII. Some scholars, such as Lloyd Llewellyn Jones and Michael Roy Burgess [de], accepted the reading, but Hoover rejected Kritt's reading as the coin is badly damaged and some of the letters cannot be read. Hoover proposed a different reading where the king's name is Antiochus, to be identified with Antiochus XIII. Seleucus Kybiosaktes: the unnamed son mentioned by Cicero does not appear in other ancient literature. Seleucus Kybiosaktes, a man who appeared c. 58 BC in Egypt as a husband of its queen Berenice IV, is identified by modern scholarship with the unnamed prince. According to the first century BC historian Strabo, Kybiosaktes pretended to be of Seleucid descent. Kritt considered it plausible to identify Seleucus VII with Seleucus Kybiosaktes.
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