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Cleopatra Selene II

40 BC - 5

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Cleopatra Selene II (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Σελήνη; summer 40 BC – c. 5 BC; the numeration is modern) was a Ptolemaic princess, nominal Queen of Cyrenaica (34 BC – 30 BC) and Queen of Mauretania (25 BC – 5 BC) as co-ruler alongside her husband Juba II. She was an important royal woman in the early Augustan age. Cleopatra Selene was the only daughter of Greek Ptolemaic Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Roman Triumvir Mark Antony. In the Donations of Antioch and of Alexandria, she was made queen of Cyrenaica and Libya. After Antony and Cleopatra's defeat at Actium and their suicides in Egypt in 30 BC, Selene and her brothers were brought to Rome and placed in the household of Octavian's sister, Octavia the Younger, a former wife of her father. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cleopatra Selene II is the 1,027th most popular politician (down from 877th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 58th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Egyptian Politician.

Cleopatra Selene II was the daughter of Cleopatra Selene I and King Juba II of Mauretania. She was the sister of Ptolemy XV Caesarion, Cleopatra Selene II, and Ptolemy XVI Philopator. She was the wife of King Antiochus VIII Grypus of Syria.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cleopatra Selene II ranks 1,027 out of 19,576. Before her are Manuel II Palaiologos, Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, Maria Anna of Spain, Chlothar I, George II of Greece, and Salome Zourabichvili. After her are Oleg of Novgorod, Benjamin Harrison, Edith Roosevelt, Hezekiah, Faisal II of Iraq, and Peleus.

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Among people born in 40 BC, Cleopatra Selene II ranks 1. After her are Alexander Helios, Musa of Parthia, Gaius Asinius Gallus Saloninus, and Paullus Fabius Maximus. Among people deceased in 5, Cleopatra Selene II ranks 1. 

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Cleopatra Selene II ranks 60 out of 642. Before her are Sneferu (-2700), Thutmose I (-1600), Pope Alexander I of Alexandria (250), Eli Cohen (1924), Cleopatra III of Egypt (-161), and Manetho (-201). After her are Seqenenre Tao (-1600), Shoshenq I (-1000), Wazner (-3500), Ptolemy VI Philometor (-184), Apollonius of Rhodes (-295), and Dorothy Hodgkin (1910).

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Among POLITICIANS In Egypt

Among politicians born in Egypt, Cleopatra Selene II ranks 25. Before her are Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator (-62), Smenkhkare (-1400), Ahmose I (-1560), Sneferu (-2700), Thutmose I (-1600), and Cleopatra III of Egypt (-161). After her are Seqenenre Tao (-1600), Shoshenq I (-1000), Wazner (-3500), Ptolemy VI Philometor (-184), Ptolemy VIII Physcon (-182), and Arsinoe III of Egypt (-246).

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