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Cleopatra II

Cleopatra II (c.189-c.115): queen of the Ptolemaic Empire.

Cleopatra II as Isis

Father: Ptolemy V Epiphanes
Mother: Cleopatra I Syra
First husband: her brother Ptolemy VI Philometor
- Ptolemy Eupator
- Cleopatra Thea (married to Alexander Balas, Demetrius II Nicator, and Antiochus VII Sidetes)
- Cleopatra III (married to Ptolemy VIII Physcon)
- Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator
Second husband: her brother Ptolemy VIII Physcon

c.189: Born
c.175: Marries her brother Ptolemy VI Philometor
165: Birth of Ptolemy Eupator
Birth of Cleopatra Thea
160: Birth of Cleopatra III
Birth of Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator
150: Cleopatra Thea marries Alexander Balas, an usurper in the Seleucid Empire
146: The Ptolemies change their foreign policy; Cleopatra Thea marries Demetrius II Nicator
145, July: Ptolemy VI defeats Alexander Balas in Syria, but is killed in action.
145, August: accession of Ptolemy VIII Physcon, who immediately marries his sister Cleopatra II, widow and queen
141/140: Ptolemy VIII also marries Cleopatra III, daughter of Cleopatra II and Ptolemy VI
140/139: The two Cleopatras, mother and daughter, quarrel.
132, November: Civil war between Ptolemy VIII and his sister Cleopatra II.
131, autumn: Cleopatra II controls Alexandria.
131/130: Ptolemy is on Cyprus.
130, spring: Ptolemy returns to Egypt; Cleopatra II flees to her son-in-law, Demetrius II Nicator
128: Cleopatra II, supported by Seleucid troops, attempts to recover her position, but the Seleucid expedition meets with failure near Pelusium.
124: Cleopatra II returns (it is not known why).
28 June 116: Death of Ptolemy VIII, who is succeeded by Cleopatra III. Cleopatra II disappears after October 116 from our sources

Cleopatra II or III as Isis

Cleopatra II or III

Hermopolis, Portrait of a Cleopatra I, Cleopatra II, or Berenice III