King of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt

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The King of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt was the Hellenistic monarch who ruled Egypt and its territories from Alexandria following the breakup of Alexander the Great’s empire.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic royal office ⓘ
head of state position ⓘ
monarchical title ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ptolemaic king ⓘ
Ptolemaic pharaoh ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Aegean possessions ⓘ
Cyprus ⓘ
Cyrenaica ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Levantine coastal territories ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution Library of Alexandria ⓘ
Mouseion of Alexandria ⓘ
linked to: Mouseion
capital Alexandria ⓘ
coRuledWith Cleopatra VII Philopator ⓘ
linked to: Cleopatra VII
country Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom
dynasty Ptolemaic dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Lagid dynasty
endTime 30 BC ⓘ
ethnicOriginOfDynasty Macedonian Greek ⓘ
firstHolder Ptolemy I Soter ⓘ
followedEvent Partition of Alexander the Great’s empire ⓘ
governmentForm absolute monarchy ⓘ
heldBy Ptolemy I Soter ⓘ
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ⓘ
Ptolemy III Euergetes ⓘ
Ptolemy IV Philopator ⓘ
Ptolemy IX Soter II ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemy IX Lathyros

Ptolemy V Epiphanes ⓘ
Ptolemy VI Philometor ⓘ
Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II ⓘ
Ptolemy XII Auletes ⓘ
Ptolemy XV Caesarion ⓘ
inception 305 BC ⓘ
integratedCulture Egyptian culture ⓘ
Greek culture ⓘ
languageOfCourt Greek ⓘ
lastHolder Ptolemy XV Caesarion ⓘ
legitimizedBy pharaonic religious traditions ⓘ
partOf Hellenistic monarchies ⓘ
powerBase Macedonian-Greek military elite ⓘ
precededBy Satrap of Egypt under Alexander’s empire ⓘ
religion Egyptian polytheism ⓘ
Hellenistic polytheism ⓘ
seatOfPower Alexandria ⓘ
startPeriod Hellenistic period ⓘ
style Basileus ⓘ
Pharaoh of Egypt ⓘ
succeededBy Roman prefect of Egypt ⓘ
usedBy Ptolemaic dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Lagid dynasty

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Ptolemy III Euergetes → positionHeld → King of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Ptolemy III Euergetes → positionHeld → King of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
subject linked to: Euergetes
Physcon → title → King of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: King of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt
Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II → title → King of Egypt ⓘ
subject linked to: Euergetes II
linked to: King of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt
Ptolemy XI Alexander II → belongsTo → Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: King of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt
Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom → associatedWithTitle → King of the Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: King of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt