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Titulary what's this?
Nomen Ptolemy XI Alexander II
Dates what's this?
reigned 80 BCE
Succession
Predecessor Step-mother and wife Cleopatra Berenice
Successor Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysus
Associated People
Father Ptolemy X Alexander I
Mother Cleopatra Berenice
Uncle Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyros)
Burial Place
Alexandria
Monuments
unknown
History

When Ptolemy IX died, Cleopatra Berenice ruled for about a year on her own before she was forced to marry Ptolemy XI. He wa much younger, and either her step-son or her natural son.

He had her killed nineteen days after the wedding -- and was subsequently lynched by the angry mob in Alexandria.

 

pharaohs

Ptolemy I Soter
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Ptolemy III Euergeter
Ptolemy IV Philopater
Ptolemy V Epiphanes
Cleopatra I
Ptolemy Eupator
Ptolemy VI Philometor
Cleopatra II
Ptolemy VII Neos Philpator
Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II
Cleopatra III & Ptolemy IX Soter II
Cleopatra III & Ptolemy X Alexander
Cleopatra Berenice
Ptolemy XI Alexander
Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos
Berenice IV
Cleopatra VII
Cleopatra VII & Ptolemy XIII
Cleopatra VII & Ptolemy XIV
Ptolemy XV Cesarion