58-55 BC with Cleopatra VI/Cleopatra V (until 57 BC)
Predecessor
Ptolemy XII Auletes
Successor
Ptolemy XII Auletes
Royal titulary
Consort
Seleucus VII Kybiosaktes Archelaus I of Comana
Father
Ptolemy XII Auletes
Mother
Cleopatra V of Egypt
Born
77 BC Alexandria, Egypt
Died
55 BC Alexandria, Egypt
Burial
Alexandria, Egypt
Dynasty
Ptolemaic dynasty
Berenice IV Epiphaneia (Greek: Βερενίκη; 77–55 BC, born and died in Alexandria, Egypt) was a Greek princess and Queen of the Ptolemaic dynasty. From 58 to 55 BC, Berenice IV ruled Egypt during the political exile of her father Ptolemy XII Auletes to Rome. It is unclear if she was co-ruler of Egypt with her mother Cleopatra V or a possible sibling Cleopatra VI from 58 to 57 BC, but became sole ruler in 57 BC. On the return of Ptolemy XII to Egypt with Roman military aid and an army led by Aulus Gabinius, Berenice IV was overthrown and executed by her rival father, who later bequeathed his throne to his daughter Cleopatra VII and son Ptolemy XIII as co-rulers.
BereniceIV Epiphaneia (Greek: Βερενίκη; 77–55 BC, born and died in Alexandria, Egypt) was a Greek princess and Queen of the Ptolemaic dynasty. From 58...
Egypt (a Roman client state) allowed his rival daughter BereniceIV to claim his throne. Berenice was killed in 55 BC when Ptolemy returned to Egypt with...
II (died c. 57 BC) was a queen of Ptolemaic Egypt who ruled alongside BereniceIV, who was either her sister or daughter. Although called Cleopatra VI...
the only surely attested wife of Ptolemy XII. Her only known child is BereniceIV, but she was also probably the mother of Cleopatra VII. It is unclear...
Ptolemy XI of Egypt BereniceIV of Egypt (77–55 BC), daughter of Ptolemy XII of Egypt and elder sister of Cleopatra VII Berenice (3rd to 2nd century BC)...
constellation Coma Berenices being named after her. Berenice was murdered by the regent Sosibius shortly after the accession of her son Ptolemy IV Philopator...
eldest daughter, BereniceIV, took the throne. With Roman funding and military assistance, Ptolemy XII recaptured Egypt and had BereniceIV killed in 55 BC...
Arsinoë IV (Greek: Ἀρσινόη; between 68 and 63 BC – 41 BC) was the fourth of six children and the youngest daughter of Ptolemy XII Auletes. Queen and co-ruler...
pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt from 221 to 204 BC. Ptolemy IV was the son of Ptolemy III and Berenice II. His succession to the throne was accompanied by a...
Alexander IV (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος; 323/322– 309 BC), sometimes erroneously called Aegus in modern times, was the son of Alexander the Great (Alexander III...
these wives was Berenice's mother. Cleopatra IV has been favored by some modern scholarship. Historian Christopher Bennett notes that Berenice III's legitimacy...
Epigonos (267–259 BC) Ptolemy III Euergetes (246–221 BC) married Berenice II Ptolemy IV Philopator (221–203 BC) married Arsinoe III Ptolemy V Epiphanes...
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...
their own were Cleopatra II, Berenice III and BereniceIV. Cleopatra V did co-rule, but it was with another female, BereniceIV. Cleopatra VII officially...
Antiochus IV Epiphanes (c. 215 BC – November/December 164 BC) was a Greek Hellenistic king who ruled the Seleucid Empire from 175 BC until his death in...
ostensibly Cleopatra and not Arsinoe IV, were exiled from Egypt during a revolt. This allowed Cleopatra's older sister BereniceIV to claim the throne in 58 BC...
Ptolemy Philometor Soter until 101 BC, and then with his niece and wife Berenice III as Ptolemy Philadelphus. He was a son of Ptolemy VIII and Cleopatra...
reign, he was known as Amenhotep IV (Ancient Egyptian: jmn-ḥtp, meaning "Amun is satisfied", Hellenized as Amenophis IV). As a pharaoh, Akhenaten is noted...
Thutmose IV (sometimes read as Thutmosis or Tuthmosis IV, Thothmes in older history works in Latinized Greek; Ancient Egyptian: ḏḥwti.msi(.w) "Thoth is...
Cleopatra IV (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα) was Queen of Egypt briefly from 116 to 115 BC, jointly with her husband Ptolemy IX Lathyros. She later became queen consort...
1985, pp. 827–830. Arrian 1976, III, 23–25, 27–30; IV, 1–7. Arrian 1976, III, 30. Arrian 1976, IV, 5–6, 16–17. Arrian 1976, VII, 11 Morkot 1996, p. 111...
have sent Caesarion, 17 years old at the time, to the Red Sea port of Berenice for safety, possibly as part of plans for an escape to India. Plutarch...
Cleopatra Berenice (Berenice III), whose mother's identity is not certain, might have been a daughter of Cleopatra Selene, but Cleopatra IV is also a...
(Old Persian: *R̥šā; Greek: Ἀρσής), also known by his regnal name Artaxerxes IV (/ˌɑːrtəˈzɜːrksiːz/; Old Persian: 𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎠 Artaxšaçāʰ; Greek: Ἀρταξέρξης)...
Eurydice's cousin and lady-in-waiting, Berenice I. Ptolemy I died in 282 BC and was succeeded by his son with Berenice, Ptolemy II. A Greek Macedonian, Ptolemy...
BC, if the latter is identified with same prince who briefly married BereniceIV of Egypt. Asia portal List of Syrian monarchs Timeline of Syrian history...
Seleucid prince Philip is mentioned as a prospective bridegroom to queen BereniceIV of Egypt, sister of Cleopatra VII in 56 BC. The union was, however, checked...
Ptolemy Eupator, Cleopatra Thea, Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator, and possibly Berenice. Ptolemy VI died in 145 BC from injuries sustained when falling from his...
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