Cleopatra Thea | |
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![]() Gold coin of Cleopatra, Ake mint | |
Seleucid Queen | |
Tenure | 150 BC–126 BC |
Coronation | 150 BC |
Predecessor | Laodice V |
Seleucid Queen | |
Reign | 126–121 BC |
Coronation | 126 BC |
Successor | Tryphaena |
Co-rulers | Seleucus V (126–125 BC) Antiochus VIII (125–121 BC) |
Born | c. 164 BC Egypt |
Died | 121 BC |
Spouse | |
Issue | |
Dynasty | Ptolemaic |
Father | Ptolemy VI |
Mother | Cleopatra II |
Cleopatra I or Cleopatra Thea (Koinē Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Θεά, which means "Cleopatra the Goddess"; c. 164 – 121 BC), surnamed Eueteria (εὐετηρῐ́ᾱ lit. 'good-harvest/fruitful season') was a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. She was queen consort of Syria from 150 to about 125 BC as the wife of three Syrian kings: Alexander Balas, Demetrius II Nicator, and Antiochus VII Sidetes. She ruled Syria from 125 BC after the death of Demetrius II Nicator, eventually in co-regency with her son Antiochus VIII Grypus until 121 or 120 BC.[1][2]
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