Arsinoe I

Arsinoe I: first wife of Ptolemy II Philadelphus, queen in the Ptolemaic Empire.

Relatives:

Father: Lysimachus
Mother: Nicaea
Husband: Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Son: Ptolemy 'the son', Ptolemy III Euergetes, Lysimachus, Berenice Phernephorus (married to Antiochus II Theos)

Main deeds:

c.285: Marriage between Arsinoe I and Ptolemy II Philadelphus
284: Birth of Ptolemy III Euergetes, Lysimachus and Berenice Phernephorus
279: Arsinoe is accused of a conspiracy and exiled to southern Egypt. Ptolemy III is from now on officially regarded as son of Arsinoe II

Information on the web: Ptolemaic Genealogy (Chris Bennett)

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