Cleopatra had Arsinoe assassinated in exile, and poisoned her younger brother in order to install her son with Caesar as her co-ruler and heir to Egypt's throne. Cleopatra may have ultimately …

In 51 B.C., upon the apparently natural death of Auletes, the Egyptian throne passed to 18-year-old Cleopatra and her 10-year-old brother, Ptolemy XIII. Did you know?

Cleopatra, who had been exiled by her brother, was reinstalled as queen with Roman military support. Ptolemy was killed in the fighting and another brother was created Ptolemy XIII. In 47...

She became queen on the death of her father, Ptolemy XII, in 51 bce and ruled successively with her two brothers Ptolemy XIII (51–47) and Ptolemy XIV (47–44) and her son Ptolemy XV …

Upon Ptolemy XIII’s death after being defeated by her Roman-Egyptian armies, Cleopatra married his younger brother Ptolemy XIV. She was 22; he was 12. During their marriage Cleopatra …

Ptolemy XIV Theos Philopator II (born c. 59—died July 44 bc) was a Macedonian king of Egypt from 47 to 44 bc, coruler with his elder sister, the famous Cleopatra VII, by whom he was …

Cleopatra began her reign alongside her brother Ptolemy XIII, but falling-out between them led to a civil war. Roman statesman Pompey fled to Egypt after losing the 48 BC Battle of Pharsalus …

The queen herself was actually Cleopatra the VII, and her parents were almost certainly brother and sister. But that's where the familial love ended. If they weren't marrying each other, they...

Though Cleopatra bore him a son, Caesar was already married, and Egyptian custom decreed that Cleopatra marry her remaining brother, Ptolemy XIV. Caesar was assassinated in 44 …

Her brother Ptolemy XIV dies of poisoning, undoubtedly upon Cleopatra's orders. She wanted to make her son, Caesarion, co-regent with her as Ptolemy XV. 42 BCE: Caesar's enemies are …

Her brother schemed to have her killed and she had to flee to Syria. She returned with an army. Caesar entered the country about this time and when he confronted Cleopatra and Ptolemy he …

Cleopatra dropped Ptolemy XIII name from all administrative documents and she had her own portrait and name placed on legal tender, ignoring her brother’s claim of co-regent. For three …

A Viennese archaeologist lecturing in North Carolina this week claims to have identified the bones of Cleopatra's murdered sister or half-sister. But not everyone is convinced.

Cleopatra VII, the last ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt, died on either 10 or 12 August, 30 BC, in Alexandria, when she was 39 years old.

After her father's death by natural causes, the throne became the property of young Cleopatra and her then 10-year-old brother, Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator. It's believed that the siblings were …

Although her brother had barred her from entering Alexandria, legend has it that a servant rolled her up in a carpet and smuggled her back into the palace. According to Live Science, 13-year …

Cleopatra and the Peasant is an 1838 history painting by the French artist Eugène Delacroix. [1] Romantic in style, it depicts the moments before the Death of Cleopatra.Planning to commit …

There may have been a further elder sister, Cleopatra VI Tryphaena, but she too had died by this point. All of this meant that it was 18-year-old Cleopatra who became co-regent with her …

In the case of Arsinoe IV, cherubic younger sister of Cleopatra, it was the violent revolution thing. And maybe also the lip gloss. No Pharaoh-way? De-niled. So what happened was, around 68 …