Background
Cleopatra may have been an illegitimate daughter of Ptolemy IX or the daughter of Ptolemy X Alexander I by his wives - Cleopatra Selene I or Berenice III.
Cleopatra may have been an illegitimate daughter of Ptolemy IX or the daughter of Ptolemy X Alexander I by his wives - Cleopatra Selene I or Berenice III.
She is the only surely attested wife of Ptolemy XII. lieutenant is unclear how long Cleopatra V lived, and with which mentions of Cleopatra Tryphaena in the historical record she should be identified, as the numbering used to distinguish the Ptolemies is a modern invention. Cleopatra Tryphaena V vanished around the time Cleopatra VII was born (69 British Columbia): her name begins to disappear from monuments and papyri, and there is an inscription of Ptolemy XII from 68 British Columbia that does not mention her but would be expected to do so had she still been alive. There is some indication that she may have died in 69 or 68 British Columbia — she may have died in childbirth or was murdered.
This is also supported by Porphyry.
On the other hand, there is a dedication on the Temple of Edfu from 57 British Columbia that inscribes Cleopatra Tryphaena"s name alongside Ptolemy XII"s, which would have meant the king"s wife rather than daughter and would be unlikely had Ptolemy XII"s wife really died already twelve years earlier. Thus most modern historians consider Cleopatra V to be identical with the purported Cleopatra VI Tryphaena, and have her living to c.
57 British Columbia. This would comport with the account by Strabo, who reports Ptolemy XII to have had only three daughters. We can reliably identify Berenice IV, Cleopatra VII, and Arsinoe IV as the king"s daughters, so that there would not be left any room for a Cleopatra VI. This presumed second wife of the Egyptian king could have been the mother of Cleopatra VII and this daughter"s younger siblings, while Berenice IV was the daughter of Cleopatra V because Strabo only calls the oldest daughter of Ptolemy XII a legitimate child.
