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Berenice I of Egypt
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Berenice I (c. 340 BC – between 279 and 268 BC) was a
Greek Macedonian noblewoman and through her marriage to
Ptolemy I Soter, became the first queen of the Ptolemaic
dynasty of Egypt.
Berenice I
Queen of Egypt
Contents
1 Family
2 First marriage
3 Marriage to Ptolemy
4 References
5 Further reading
Berenice I from "Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum"
Family
Born
c. 340 BC
Birthplace
Macedonia
Berenice was originally from Eordeaea. She was the daughter
of obscure local noblemen called Magas and Antigone.[1]
Her maternal grandfather was a nobleman called Cassander
who was the brother of Antipater, the regent for Alexander's
empire,[1] and through her mother was a relation to his family.
Died
between 279 and 268 BC
First marriage
Place of death Egypt
Consort
Philip, a Macedonian nobleman
Ptolemy I Soter
Dynasty
Ptolemaic
Father
Magas
Mother
Antigone
In 325 BC, Berenice married an obscure local nobleman and
military officer called Philip.[1] Philip was previously married
and had other children. Through her first marriage, she bore Philip's son, King Magas of Cyrene; his daughter
Antigone, who married King Pyrrhus of Epirus; and a daughter called Theoxena.[1]
Magas dedicated an inscription to himself and his father, when he served as a priest of Apollo.[2] Pyrrhus gave her
name to a new city called Berenicis.
Philip died around 318 BC.
Marriage to Ptolemy
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After the death of her first husband, Berenice travelled to Egypt with her children as a lady-in-waiting for her
mother’s first cousin Eurydice who was the wife of Ptolemy I. Ptolemy I was one of the generals of King Alexander
the Great and founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Ancient Egypt. Berenice caught
the eye of Ptolemy I who married her in 317 BC. Berenice bore Ptolemy I: two
daughters Arsinoe II, Philotera and a son Ptolemy II Philadelphus.[2]
In an unknown Olympiad, she was a victor in the chariot races. Ptolemy II was
recognized as his father's heir in preference to Eurydice's children to Ptolemy I.
During his reign, Ptolemy II built a port on the Red Sea and named it Berenice
after his mother. After she died, Ptolemy II and later Ptolemy IV Philopator
decreed divine honors to her (Theocritus, Idylls xv. and xvii.).[2]
Head of Ptolemy II and his
mother Berenice I
References
1. ^ a b c d http://www.tyndalehouse.com/egypt/ptolemies/berenice_i_fr.htm
2. ^ a b c http://www.livius.org/be-bm/berenice/berenice_i.html
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911).
Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Further reading
Waterfield, Robin (2011). Dividing the Spoils: The War for Alexander the Great’s Empire (hardback).
New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 273 pages. ISBN 978-0-19-957392-9.
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