How old was Cleopatra when she became queen?
Ptolemy XII, the governing Ptolemaic pharaoh, and an unidentified mother, most likely Cleopatra VI Tryphaena (also known as Cleopatra V Tryphaena), the mother of Cleopatra’s older sister, Berenice IV Epiphaneia, had Cleopatra VII as their first child in early 69 BC. The last active monarch of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra VII Philopator reigned…
Ptolemy XII, the governing Ptolemaic pharaoh, and an unidentified mother, most likely Cleopatra VI Tryphaena (also known as Cleopatra V Tryphaena), the mother of Cleopatra’s older sister, Berenice IV Epiphaneia, had Cleopatra VII as their first child in early 69 BC.
The last active monarch of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra VII Philopator reigned from 51 to 30 BC. She passed away on August 10, 30 BC. She belonged to the Ptolemaic dynasty and was a direct descendant of Ptolemy I Soter, an Alexander the Great buddy and Macedonian Greek general. Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire after Cleopatra’s death, bringing to an end the second-to-last Hellenistic kingdom and the period that had spanned from the rule of Alexander (336–323 BC). She was the only Ptolemaic monarch to study Egyptian; her original tongue was Koine Greek.
How old was Cleopatra when she became queen?
She was 18 years old. Following Auletes’ ostensibly natural death in 51 B.C., the Egyptian kingdom was assumed by Cleopatra, age 18, and Ptolemy XIII, her 10-year-old brother.
