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This article is about the name that was traditionally given to the queen of Ancient Egypt. For information about the infamous seventh and final Cleopatra, see Cleopatra VII and Cleopatra (film).

Cleopatra was the name of seven Egyptian queens of Greek decent who ruled between 193-30 B.C. during the Ptolemaic Dynasty. The most famous of them was Cleopatra VII Philopator, who had marriages with both Julius Caesar and Marc Antony of Rome; she was one of Egypt's last independent rulers.

Cleopatras of the Ptolemaic Dynasty
Pharaoh	Details	Dates
Cleopatra I	Wife of Ptolemy V, co-regent with Ptolemy VI during his minority	193-176 BC
Cleopatra II	Wife of Ptolemy VI	173-164
Cleopatra II	Married Ptolemy VIII; led revolt against her husband in 131 BC; became sole ruler of Egypt.	163-127 BC
Cleopatra III	Second wife of Ptolemy VIII	142-131 BC
Cleopatra III	Second rule; restored with Ptolemy VIII; later co-regent with Ptolemy IX and X.	127-107 BC
Cleopatra II	Reconciled with Ptolemy VIII; co-ruled with Cleopatra III and Ptolemy until 116.	124-116
Cleopatra IV	Shortly married to Ptolemy IX, removed by Cleopatra III	116-115 BC
Cleopatra V Tryphaena	Wife of Ptolemy XII, mother of Berenice IV	?-57 BC
Cleopatra VI	Daughter of Ptolemy XII	?-58 BC
Cleopatra VII Philopator	The Cleopatra of legend; last ruler of Egypt before Roman conquest	51-30

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-'''Cleopatra VII Philopator''' (Greek: ''Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ''), was born in 69 BC, co-ruled [[Egypt]] with her brothers/husbands.  Her father perished in 48 BC when he supported [[Pompey]] over [[Julius Caesar]], and Caesar's side won.  Caesar had Cleopatra and her brother installed as co-rulers.  She soon disposed of her brother while setting about to rebuild Egyptian power with Roman aid. Lover of [[Julius Caesar]] who stayed three extra months in Egypt with her.  She had a son who she named Caesarion, implying that Caesar was the father.  After Caeasar was assassinated in 44 BC, Cleopatra later found a new Roman leader to enter her life. [[Marc Antony]] married her in 36 BC, even though he was already married to [[Octavia]], the sister of [[Octavian]].  Cleopatra Committed suicide in 30 BC by having an asp bite her when she learned she would be paraded through the streets of [[Rome]] as a captive after her side was defeated by Octavian, and she was unable to win him over as she had Julius Caesar and Marc Antony.
-== See also ==
+'''Cleopatra''' was the name of seven Egyptian queens of Greek decent who ruled between 193-30 B.C. during the [[Ptolemaic Dynasty]]. The most famous of them was [[Cleopatra VII]] Philopator, who had marriages with both [[Julius Caesar]] and [[Marc Antony]] of [[Rome]]; she was one of [[Egypt]]'s last independent rulers.
-*[[Alexander the Great]]
+{| border="1" cellpadding=3 style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:5px;margin-bottom:3px;width:65%"
-*[[The Crusades]]
+!colspan="3" style="height:30px;background:tan"|Cleopatras of the Ptolemaic Dynasty
-*[[Byzantine Empire]]
+|-
+! width="20%" | Pharaoh
+! width="60%" | Details
-[[Category:Political people]]
+! width="20%" | Dates
+|-
-[[Category:Women]]
+| '''Cleopatra I'''
-[[Category:Roman Empire]]
+| Wife of Ptolemy V, co-regent with Ptolemy VI during his minority
+| 193-176 BC
+|-
+| '''Cleopatra II'''
+| Wife of Ptolemy VI
+| 173-164
+|-
+| '''Cleopatra II'''
+| Married Ptolemy VIII; led revolt against her husband in 131 BC; became sole ruler of Egypt.
+| 163-127 BC
+|-
+| '''Cleopatra III'''
+| Second wife of Ptolemy VIII
+| 142-131 BC
+|-
+| '''Cleopatra III'''
+| Second rule; restored with Ptolemy VIII; later co-regent with Ptolemy IX and X.
+| 127-107 BC
+|-
+| '''Cleopatra II'''
+| Reconciled with Ptolemy VIII; co-ruled with Cleopatra III and Ptolemy until 116.
+| 124-116
+|-
+| '''Cleopatra IV'''
+| Shortly married to Ptolemy IX, removed by Cleopatra III
+| 116-115 BC
+|-
+| '''Cleopatra V Tryphaena'''
+| Wife of Ptolemy XII, mother of Berenice IV
+| ?-57 BC
+|-
+| '''Cleopatra VI'''
+| Daughter of Ptolemy XII
+| ?-58 BC
+|-
+| '''[[Cleopatra VII]] Philopator'''
+| The Cleopatra of legend; last ruler of Egypt before Roman conquest
+| 51-30
+|}
+[[Category:Names]]
+[[Category:Egypt]]