Berenice I of Egypt

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Berenice I of Egypt was a Macedonian noblewoman who became queen consort of the Ptolemaic Kingdom and the matriarch of the Ptolemaic dynasty.

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Macedonian noblewoman ⓘ
Ptolemaic queen ⓘ
ancient Greek person ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
queen consort ⓘ
associatedDynasty Argead–Macedonian nobility ⓘ
linked to: Argead dynasty
associatedWith Macedonian aristocracy ⓘ
Ptolemaic court in Alexandria ⓘ
birthPlace Macedon ⓘ
burialPlace likely Alexandria (uncertain) ⓘ
child Magas of Cyrene ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
court court of Ptolemy I Soter ⓘ
culture Hellenistic Greek ⓘ
dynasty Ptolemaic dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Lagid dynasty
ethnicGroup Macedonians ⓘ
floruit early 3rd century BC ⓘ
late 4th century BC ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
historicalContext successor states of Alexander the Great ⓘ
languageSpoken Ancient Greek ⓘ
marriedInto Ptolemaic royal house ⓘ
linked to: Lagid dynasty
motherOf Arsinoe II of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Arsinoe II

Meenides (possibly) ⓘ
Philotera ⓘ
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ⓘ
notableFor being mother of Arsinoe II ⓘ
being mother of Magas of Cyrene ⓘ
being mother of Ptolemy II Philadelphus ⓘ
strengthening Macedonian influence in Egypt through marriage alliances ⓘ
notableRole matriarch of the Ptolemaic dynasty ⓘ
positionHeld Queen consort of Egypt ⓘ
Queen consort of the Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
predecessor Eurydice of Egypt (as wife of Ptolemy I) ⓘ
region Egypt ⓘ
relative Antipater (possibly related) ⓘ
Cassander (possibly related) ⓘ
religion Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
residence Alexandria ⓘ
roleInSuccession mother of the heir Ptolemy II Philadelphus ⓘ
spouse Philip (first husband, a Macedonian nobleman) ⓘ
Ptolemy I Soter ⓘ
spouseOfMonarch Ptolemy I Soter ⓘ
successor Arsinoe II of Egypt (as leading queen of the dynasty) ⓘ
linked to: Arsinoe I
timePeriod Hellenistic period ⓘ
title Queen Berenice ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ptolemy I Soter → spouse → Berenice I of Egypt ⓘ
Ptolemy II Philadelphus → mother → Berenice I of Egypt ⓘ
Lysimachus (son of Ptolemy II) → grandmother → Berenice I of Egypt ⓘ
Ptolemy I Soter → spouse → Berenice I of Egypt ⓘ
subject linked to: Ptolemy
Ptolemaios Philadelphos → mother → Berenice I of Egypt ⓘ
Arsinoe I → motherOf → Berenice (daughter of Ptolemy II and Arsinoe I) ⓘ
linked to: Berenice I of Egypt
Arsinoe II → mother → Berenice I of Egypt ⓘ
Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom → firstHolder → Berenice I of Egypt ⓘ
Antigone of Epirus → mother → Berenice I of Egypt ⓘ
Berenike → hasNotableBearer → Berenice I of Egypt ⓘ