Berenice I | |
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Queen consort of Egypt | |
![]() Berenice I from Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum | |
Born | c. 340 BC Macedonia |
Died | between 279 and 268 BC Egypt |
Spouse | Philip, a Macedonian nobleman Ptolemy I Soter |
Issue | With Philip: Magas King of Cyrene Antigone (later queen of Epirus) Theoxena With Ptolemy I Soter: Arsinoe II Philotera Ptolemy II Philadelphus |
Dynasty | Ptolemaic |
Father | Magas |
Mother | Antigone |
Berenice I (Greek: Βερενίκη; c. 340 BC – between 279 and 268 BC) was Queen of Egypt by marriage to Ptolemy I Soter. She became the second queen, after Eurydice, of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt.