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Ptolemy III Euergetes
Ptolemy III Euergetes (, "Ptolemaĩos Euergétēs" "Ptolemy the Benefactor"; 284–222 BC) was the third king of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt from 246 to 222 BC.
Family.
Ptolemy Euergetes ("Benefactor") was the eldest son of Ptolemy II Philadelphus and his first wife, Arsinoe I, and came to power in 246 BC upon the death of his father. He married Berenice of Cyrene in 244/243 BC. Their children were:
- Arsinoe III, born in c.
Egyptian Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, was the wife of her paternal first cousin Pharaoh Ptolemy III Euergetes and mother of Arsinoe III and Ptolemy IV Philopator. She was also named after another Berenice, another daughter of Berenice II and Ptolemy III who was the sister to Arsinoe III.
It seems likely that her family had relative autonomy from Ptolemaic control increased. As Ptolemaic power declined rapidly and dramatically outside of Egypt after the death of Ptolemy III Euergetes in 222 BC, probably Berenice's family with her relatives had the motive and