Biography of Cleopatra VII Philopator 69BC 30BC

Paternal Family Tree: Macedonia

Before 69BC [her father] Ptolemy XII Auletes Pharoah of Egypt 117BC 51BC (age 47) and [her mother] Cleopatra V Tryphaena 57BC were married. They were uncle and niece.

In 69BC Cleopatra VII Philopator 69BC 30BC was born to Ptolemy XII Auletes Pharoah of Egypt 117BC 51BC (age 48) and Cleopatra V Tryphaena 57BC. Coefficient of inbreeding 47.27%.

Before 21st March 51BC [her father] Ptolemy XII Auletes Pharoah of Egypt 117BC 51BC (age 66) died. His daughter Cleopatra (age 18) succeeded Pharaoh of Egypt.

Around October 50BC Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator 61BC 47BC (age 11) and Cleopatra VII Philopator 69BC 30BC (age 19) were married. They were brother and sister.

On 13th January 47BC [her half-brother] Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator 61BC 47BC (age 14) drowned in the River Nile following, or during the course of, the Battle of the Nile.

After 13th January 47BC Ptolemy XIV Philopator 59BC 44BC and Cleopatra VII Philopator 69BC 30BC (age 22) were married. They were brother and sister.

On 23rd June 47BC Ptolemy XV Ceasar aka Caesarion 47BC 30BC was born to Gaius Julius Caesar 100BC 44BC and Cleopatra VII Philopator 69BC 30BC (age 22).

After 26th March 44BC [her half-brother] Ptolemy XIV Philopator 59BC 44BC died.

Around July 40BC Cleopatra Selene II 40BC 5BC was born to Mark Antony 83BC 30BC and Cleopatra VII Philopator 69BC 30BC (age 29).

Death of Antony and Cleopatra

On 10th August 30BC Cleopatra VII Philopator 69BC 30BC (age 39) committed suicide.

Cassius Dio Roman History Book 51 Chapter 14. 10th August 30BC. 1. And no one knows clearly by what means she [Cleopatra VII Philopator 69BC 30BC (age 39)] was destroyed: for only small punctures were found around her arm: some say that an asp was brought to her in a water jar or even in some flowers.

1. καὶ τὸ μὲν σαφὲς οὐδεὶς οἶδεν ᾧ τρόπῳ διεφθάρη: κεντήματα γὰρ λεπτὰ περὶ τὸν βραχίονα αὐτῆς μόνα εὑρέθη: λέγουσι δὲ οἱ μὲν ὅτι ἀσπίδα ἐν ὑδρίᾳ ἢ καὶ ἐν ἄνθεσί τισιν ἐσκομισθεῖσάν οἱ.

Cassius Dio Roman History Book 51 Chapter 13. 10th August 30BC. 5. She [Cleopatra VII Philopator 69BC 30BC (age 39)] gave orders to Epaphroditus, so that under the pretext of taking him away, she could have something else cleared from her path, and thus she attended to the task. After putting on her most splendid clothing, arranging herself in the most becoming manner, and assuming her entire royal appearance, she died.

5. Ἐπαφροδίτῳ σεσημασμένον, ὅπως προφάσει τῆς ἀποκομιδῆς αὐτοῦ ὡς καὶ ἄλλο τι ἔχοντος ἐκποδών οἱ γένηται, δοῦσα ἔργου εἴχετο. τήν τε γὰρ ἐσθῆτα τὴν περικαλλεστάτην ἐνδῦσα, καὶ ἑαυτὴν εὐπρεπέστατα εὐθετήσασα, τό τε σχῆμα τὸ βασιλικὸν πᾶν ἀναλαβοῦσα, ἀπέθανε.

1658. Guido Cagnacci. "The Death of Cleopatra".

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