Cleopatra I Syra

Relatives:

• Father: Antiochus III the Great
• Mother: Laodice III
• Husband: Ptolemy V Epiphanes
• Children: Cleopatra II, Ptolemy  VI Philometor, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes

Main deeds:

• 204: Born
• 196: Engaged to Ptolemy V Epiphanes
• 194: Wedding in Raphia
• c.189: Birth of Cleopatra II
• 186: Birth of Ptolemy VI
• 182/181: Birth of Ptolemy VIII
• 180: Ptolemy V is assassinated; he is succeeded by Ptolemy VI. His mother Cleopatra I Syra acts as regent and he accepts the surname Philometor, 'the man who loves his mother'
• 176, spring: death of Cleopatra I Syra