Ptolemy IX Lathyros
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Predecessor | Ptolemy VIII Physcon and Cleopatra III of Egypt |
Successor | Berenice III of Egypt |
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Father | Ptolemy VIII Physcon |
Mother | Cleopatra III of Egypt |
Born | c. 143 – 142 BC |
Died | 81 BC |
Ptolemy IX Soter II[note 1] or Lathyros ("grass pea") (Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Σωτήρ Λάθυρος, Ptolemaĩos Sōtḗr Láthuros) was king of Egypt three times, from 116 BC to 110 BC, 109 BC to 107 BC and 88 BC to 81 BC, with intervening periods ruled by his brother, Ptolemy X Alexander. At first he was chosen by his mother Cleopatra III to be her co-regent (his father Ptolemy VIII wished that she would rule with one of her sons), though she was more forced to choose him by the Alexandrians. He married his sister Cleopatra IV, but his mother pushed her out and replaced her with his younger sister Cleopatra Selene. Later, she claimed that he tried to kill her, and successfully deposed him, putting her favorite son Alexander on the throne as co-regent with her. However, she later grew tired of the now Ptolemy X and deposed him, putting Ptolemy IX back on the throne. She was soon murdered by Ptolemy X, who took the throne again. He was then killed in battle, and Ptolemy IX reigned until his own death.
His daughter Berenice III took the throne after his death, and reigned for about a year. She was forced to marry her stepson Alexander, who reigned under the name Ptolemy XI Alexander II and had her killed nineteen days later.
Ptolemy IX's name recalls that of his great Macedonian ancestor, Ptolemy I Soter; in older references and in younger ones by the German historian Huss, he may be numbered VIII.
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External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ptolemy IX. |
- Ptolemy Soter II at LacusCurtius — (Chapter XI of E. R Bevan's House of Ptolemy, 1923)
- Ptolemy IX Lathyrus entry in historical sourcebook by Mahlon H. Smith
- Ptolemy IX (Soter) at Thebes by Robert Ritner
Ptolemy IX Lathyros
Born: ca. 143 – 142 BC Died: 81 BC |
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Preceded by | Pharaoh of Egypt 116 BC-110 BC with Cleopatra III and Cleopatra IV |
Succeeded by Cleopatra III and Ptolemy X |
Preceded by | Pharaoh of Egypt 110 BC-109 BC with Cleopatra III |
Succeeded by Cleopatra III and Ptolemy X |
Preceded by | Pharaoh of Egypt 88 BC-81 BC |
Succeeded by Berenice III |
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