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Cleopatra I Syra

queen of Ptolemaic Egypt

8 dated entries naming Cleopatra I Syra, drawn from 7 separate years between 198 BCE and 175 BCE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Cleopatra I of Egypt, Cleopatra_I_Syra in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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2nd century BC

  • 198 BCEIn the resulting peace, Antiochus III agrees to give his daughter Cleopatra in marriage to Ptolemy V.source
  • 193 BCECleopatra I Syra, daughter of Antiochus III and Laodice, marries the Egyptian King Ptolemy V Epiphanes.source
  • 187 BCEQueen Cleopatra I is appointed Vizier (Chief Minister) to the King Ptolemy V Epiphanes.source
  • 181 BCEPtolemy V is poisoned after a reign of 24 years in which the Egyptian kingdom has declined in power and influence and has lost most of its empire outside Egypt other than Cyprus and Cyrenaica. The elder of his two sons, Ptolemy VI Philometor succeeds him, but since he is an infant, he rules under the regency of his mother Cleopatra the Syrian.source
  • 180 BCEPtolemy VI Philometor, aged 6, rules as co-regent with his mother, Cleopatra I, who, although a daughter of a Seleucid king, does not take King Seleucus IV's side and remains on friendly terms with Rome.source
  • 176 BCECleopatra I Syra, queen of Egypt from 193 BC, wife of Ptolemy V Epiphanes and regent for her young son, Ptolemy VI Philometor (b. c. 204 BC)source
  • 176 BCECleopatra I Syra dies leaving her son, Ptolemy VI, to rule Egypt alone.source
  • 175 BCECleopatra I of Egypt, mother of Ptolemy VI.source

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