{"slug": "ptolemy-xii-auletes", "label": "Ptolemy XII Auletes", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy_XII_Auletes", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39991", "qid": "Q39991", "description": "1st-century BC Egyptian pharaoh", "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [-116, -50], "span_label": ["117 BCE", "51 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Births", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Ptolemy XII", "Ptolemy XII of Egypt"], "related": [{"slug": "ptolemaic-kingdom", "label": "Ptolemaic Kingdom", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "cleopatra", "label": "Cleopatra", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -116, "year_label": "117 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Ptolemy XII Auletes, king (pharaoh) of Egypt (d. 51 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351497823#Births", "title": "117 BC", "revid": 1351497823, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -79, "year_label": "80 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Ptolemy XII Auletes succeeds Ptolemy XI Alexander II to the throne of Egypt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1266100545#Egypt", "title": "80 BC", "revid": 1266100545, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}, {"year": -68, "year_label": "69 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Ptolemy XII deposes Cleopatra V, and becomes sole ruler.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1225088492#Egypt", "title": "69 BC", "revid": 1225088492, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}, {"year": -67, "year_label": "68 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Arsinoe IV of Egypt, daughter of Ptolemy XII (and probably Cleopatra V) (d. 41 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1295045889#Births", "title": "68 BC", "revid": 1295045889, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -66, "year_label": "67 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Arsinoe IV of Egypt, daughter of Ptolemy XII (and probably Cleopatra V) (d. 41 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366933711#Births", "title": "67 BC", "revid": 1366933711, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -57, "year_label": "58 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Berenice IV becomes queen of Egypt after temporarily dethroning her father, King Ptolemy XII Auletes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364740578#Egypt", "title": "58 BC", "revid": 1364740578, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}, {"year": -50, "year_label": "51 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Ptolemy XII (Auletes), king (pharaoh) of the Ptolemaic Kingdom", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350525894#Deaths", "title": "51 BC", "revid": 1350525894, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -50, "year_label": "51 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "by March 22 – Pharaoh Ptolemy XII Auletes dies and is succeeded by his eldest surviving daughter Cleopatra VII and her younger brother Ptolemy XIII as co-rulers of the Ptolemaic Kingdom. By August 29, official documents start listing Cleopatra as sole ruler.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350525894#Egypt", "title": "51 BC", "revid": 1350525894, "section": "Events › By place › Egypt"}}]}