Arsinoë I (princess of Thrace, queen of Egypt)

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Personal and Family Information

Arsinoë was born in BET 0305 B.C. AND 0295 B.C., the daughter of Lysimachus and Nikaia I. The place is not known.

She died in 0247 B.C.. The place is not known.

Her husband was deified Ptolemy II Philadelphos, who she married in BET 0284 B.C. AND 0281 B.C.. The place has not been found. Their two known children were Berenice Syra (?-?) and Ptolemy III Euergetes I (?-?).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)


 

Arsinoë I
(<0295BC-0247BC)

 

Lysimachus
(0362/61BC-0281BC)

   
 
   
 
 
     
 
 
     
 
   
 
 
     
 
 
   

Nikaia I
 

 

Antipater
(c0397BC-0319BC)

 

Iolsos
 

 
     
 
 
     
 
   
 
 
     
 
 

Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Birth BET 0305 B.C. AND 0295 B.C.
Death 0247 B.C.

Attributes

AttributeDateDescriptionDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Nobility Title princess of Thrace
Nobility Title queen of Egypt

Notes

Note 1

She married Ptolemy II in 284/1 BC. Around 274 BC, she was convicted of plotting against him and went in exile from Egypt to Coptos, and soon Ptolemy II married his sister Arsinoe II of Egypt. Arsinoe died in her exile twenty-seven years later.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia English
    Source: Wikipedia English