Descent and Marriage
Cleopatra may have been an illegitimate daughter of Ptolemy IX or the daughter of Ptolemy X Alexander I. In some sources Cleopatra Tryphaena, wife of Ptolemy XII, is referred to as Cleopatra VI.
She is first mentioned in 79 BC in two papyri. In that year she married Ptolemy XII, king of Egypt. Ptolemy XII was an illegitimate child of Ptolemy IX, but it is unclear if he and Cleopatra Tryphaena were full siblings or not. They received divine worship as theoí Philopátores kai Philádelphoi (father-, brother- and sister-loving gods).
In another theory, Cleopatra is likely to have been a daughter of Ptolemy X Alexander I, as Cleopatra Thea VII (Cleopatra VII) reveals to be a granddaughter of this and as Strabo confirms her to be the mother of Cleopatra VII's sister Berenice. In this case her mother could have been Berenice III.
Read more about this topic: Cleopatra V Of Egypt
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