Encyclopedia > Arsinoe III of Egypt

Article Content

Arsinoe III of Egypt

Arsinoe III (246 BC or 245 BC - 204 BC) was Queen of Egypt ( 220 - 204 BC. She was a daughter of Ptolemy III and Berenice II.

Between late October and early November, 220 BC she was married to her brother, Ptolemy IV. They ruled jointly for sixteen years. In Summer, 204 BC she was murdered in a palace coup, shortly before her husband's own death.

External link

A more detailed profile of her, in a site devoted to her dynastie:http://www.geocities.com/christopherjbennett/ptolemies/arsinoe_iii.htm

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

Reformed churches

... Reformed Church of France reorganized, and was guaranteed toleration under the Edict of Nantes until final revocation of toleration in 1685. The periods of persecution ...