Cleopatra II

Relatives:

• Father: Ptolemy V Epiphanes
• Mother: Cleopatra I Syra
• First husband: her brother Ptolemy  VI Philometor
  • Ptolemy Eupator
  • Cleopatra Thea (married to Alexander Balas, Demetrius II Nicator, and Antiochus VII Sidetes)
  • Cleopatra III (married to Ptolemy VIII Physcon)
  • Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator
• Second husband: her brother Ptolemy VIII Physcon

Main deeds:

• c.189: Born
• c.175: Marries her brother Ptolemy VI Philometor
• 165: Birth of Ptolemy Eupator
• Birth of Cleopatra Thea
• 160: Birth of Cleopatra III
• Birth of Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator
• 150: Cleopatra Thea marries Alexander Balas, an usurper in the Seleucid Empire
• 146: The Ptolemies change their foreign policy; Cleopatra Thea marries Demetrius II Nicator
• 145, July: Ptolemy VI defeats Alexander Balas in Syria, but is killed in action.
• 145, August: accession of Ptolemy VIII Physcon, who immediately marries his sister Cleopatra II, widow and queen
• 141/140: Ptolemy VIII also marries Cleopatra III, daughter of Cleopatra II and Ptolemy VI
• 140/139: The two Cleopatras, mother and daughter, quarrel.
• 132, November: Civil war between Ptolemy VIII and his sister Cleopatra II.
• 131, autumn: Cleopatra II controls Alexandria.
• 131/130: Ptolemy is on Cyprus.
• 130, spring: Ptolemy returns to Egypt; Cleopatra II flees to her son-in-law, Demetrius II Nicator
• 128: Cleopatra II, supported by Seleucid troops, attempts to recover her position, but the Seleucid expedition meets with failure near Pelusium.
• 124: Cleopatra II returns (it is not known why).
• 28 June 116: Death of Ptolemy VIII, who is succeeded by Cleopatra III. Cleopatra II disappears after October 116 from our sources.