Cleopatra Tryphaena (d. after 112 BCE)

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Cleopatra Tryphaena (d. after 112 bce)

Queen of Syria. Condemned to death by Antiochus IX Cyzicenus after 112 bce; dau. of Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II and Cleopatra III Euergetis (c. 155–101 bce) of Egypt; sister of Cleopatra IV and Cleopatra Selene; m. Antiochus VIII Grypus, Seleucid king (r. 125–96 bce); children: Seleucus VI and Antiochus X Eusebes Philopator.

See also Women in World History.

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