CLEOPATRA I
(c. 215–176 BC)
Wife of Ptolemy V and daughter of Antiochus III, ruler of the Seleucid Empire, and Laodice of Pontus. She was engaged to Ptolemy V in 196 BC and married him in 194–193 BC as part of a peace settlement between Egypt and the Seleucid Empire. She had three children, including Cleopatra II, Ptolemy VI, and Ptolemy VIII. Upon the death of her husband in 180 BC, she acted as regent until her own death between April and July 176 BC.
Historical Dictionary Of Ancient Egypt by Morris L. Bierbrier
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see Ptolemy V.
Biographical Dictionary of Ancient Egypt by Rosalie and Antony E. David