Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Arsinoe II: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Born c.316 BCE
Died July 270 BCE
Role In Syrian Wars
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Macedonian king of Egypt
Ptolemy III Euergetes
Ptolemy III Euergetes
Macedonian king of Egypt
default image
Ptolemy V Epiphanes
Macedonian king of Egypt
default image
Ptolemy IV Philopator
Macedonian king of Egypt
Stone relief carving of Queen Cleopatra in profile holding a scepter and ankh, with hieroglyphic inscriptions, on the wall of the Temple of Horus at Edfu, Egypt.
Cleopatra
queen of Egypt
Coin depicting Ptolemy I Soter
Ptolemy I Soter
Macedonian king of Egypt
default image
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
Seleucid king
Ptolemy XII Auletes
Ptolemy XII Auletes
Macedonian king of Egypt
Ptolemy VI Philometor, portrait on a silver tetradrachm; in the British Museum
Ptolemy VI Philometor
Macedonian king of Egypt
default image
Ptolemy IX Soter II
Macedonian king of Egypt
default image
Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator
Macedonian king of Egypt
Ptolemy X Alexander I
Ptolemy X Alexander I
king of Egypt
default image
Berenice III
queen of Egypt
default image
Ptolemy XI Alexander II
king of Egypt
Mother and son
Caesarion
king of Egypt
default image
Berenice IV
Egyptian ruler
default image
Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator
king of Egypt
default image
Arsinoe IV
Egyptian noble
Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Physcon
Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II
Macedonian king of Egypt
default image
Cleopatra I Syra
queen of Egypt