Dates:
69 BCE - August 30, 30 BCE
Occupation:
Pharaoh (ruler) of Egypt
Known for:
last Pharaoh of Egypt, last of the Ptolemy dynasty of Egyptian rulers; also known for her relationships to Julius Caesar and to Marc Antony
Also Known as:
Cleopatra VII, Cleopatra VII Philopater; Cleopatra Philadelphus Philopator Philopatris Thea Neotera
Biography:
Cleopatra Biography - more about the life of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt
Background, Family:
- Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, was the descendent of Macedonians who were established as rulers over Egypt when Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 323 BCE.
- Father: Ptolemy XII Auletes ( - 51 BCE, ruled 80 BCE - 51 BCE except for 58-55 BCE)
- Mother: Cleopatra VI Tryphaina (co-ruler 58-55 BCE with their daughter, Berenice IV, sister of Cleopatra VII)
Marriages and Partners, Children:
- brother-husband and co-ruler: Ptolemy XIII (died fighting Caesar's forces)
- brother-husband and co-ruler: Ptolemy XIV (established by Caesar as co-ruler with Cleopatra)
- Julius Caesar (no formal or informal marriage; Cleopatra went to Rome with him in 46 BCE; Cleopatra returned to Egypt when he was assassinated in 44 BCE)
- Ptolemy Caesarion (b. 46 BCE)
- Marcus Antonius (Marc Antony) (married 36 BCE; both Antony and Cleopatra killed themselves in 31 BCE on defeat by Octavian)
- twins: Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene (born 40 BCE)
- Ptolemy Philadelphus (born 36 BCE)
