Berenice Phernephorus

Relatives:

• Father: Ptolemy II Philadelphus
• Mother: Arsinoe II
• Husband: Antiochus II Theos
• Son: Antiochus

Main deeds:

• Born between 285 and 280
• 260: Outbreak of the Second Syrian War. The Seleucid king Antiochus II Theos fights against Ptolemy II Philadelphus
• 253: Peace. Ptolemy II Philadelphus recognizes Seleucid territorial gains
• 252: Antiochus divorces his wife Laodice I and marries Ptolemy's daughter Berenice Phernephorus
• 251: Birth of a son Antiochus
• 28 January 246: Death of Ptolemy II; Antiochus II repudiates Berenice, who stays in Antioch; Antiochus returns to his first wife Laodice I
• Early July 246: Antiochus II dies in Ephesus, leaving a confused dynastic situation.
• From his marriage with Laodice I, he has two sons: Seleucus II Callinicus (immediately recognized as king) and Antiochus Hierax (co-ruler in Sardes); they live in Ephesus
• From his second marriage, with Berenice, he has a five-year old son Antiochus; they live in Antioch
• Late summer 246: the child Antiochus is killed by partisans of Laodice
• September 246: King Ptolemy III Euergetes decides to avenge the son of his sister: outbreak of the Laodicean War or Third Syrian War.
• He captures Seleucia and Antioch, but cannot prevent that Berenice is killed by the populace
• December 246: Ptolemy proceeds to Babylon; he is still there in February 245