Cleopatra VII

Cleopatra
A bust that could belong to Cleopatra VII wearing Vulture crown, now at Centrale Montemartini Museum
Pharaoh
Reign	51–30 BC (21 years) (Ptolemaic dynasty)
Coregency	Ptolemy XIII (51–47 BC) Ptolemy XIV (47–44 BC) Caesarion (44–30 BC)
Predecessor	Ptolemy XII Auletes
Successor	Caesarion
Royal titulary
Children	Caesarion Alexander Helios Cleopatra Selene II Ptolemy
Born	Alexandria

Cleopatra VII in hieroglyphs
Cleopatra Qlwpdrt
​ Horus name (1): Wer(et)-neb(et)-neferu-achet-seh Wr(.t)-nb(.t)-nfrw-3ḫ(t)-sḥ The great Lady of perfection, excellent in counsel
​ Horus name (2): Weret-tut-en-it-es Wr.t-twt-n-jt=s The great one, sacred image of her father
Cleopatra netjeret mer(et) ites Qlwpdrt nṯrt mr(t) jts The goddess Cleopatra who is beloved of her father

Cleopatra (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ) 69 BC – 10 August 30 BC was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. She was its last active ruler.

She was one of the most famous women in history. Her full name was Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator. She was the last of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Pharaohs set up in Egypt after the death of Alexander the Great. After her death, Egypt became the Roman province of Aegyptus.

The main historical source for her life is Plutarch's Life of Antony, available in translations.^[1]

Antony and Cleopatra is the famous tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607. It was first printed in 1623.

1. ↑ Bradford, Ernle Dusgate Selby 2000. Cleopatra. Penguin Group. ISBN 9780141390147