1. Cleopatra Thea was queen consort of Syria from 150 to about 125 BC as the wife of three Kings of Syria: Alexander Balas, Demetrius II Nicator, and Antiochus VII Sidetes.
15 Facts About Cleopatra Thea
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Cleopatra Thea ruled Syria from 125 BC after the death of Demetrius II Nicator, eventually in co-regency with her son Antiochus VIII Grypus until 121 or 120 BC.
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Cleopatra Thea sent for Demetrius's younger brother, Antiochus VII Sidetes, proposing that he should marry her and become the new king.
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Cleopatra Thea had at least one son with the king, Antiochus IX Cyzicenus.
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Cleopatra Thea received Demetrius peaceably, but took the precaution of sending Antiochus IX to Cyzicus, out of the king's immediate reach; she was said to be secretly furious at Demetrius taking a Parthian wife and having children with her.
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Cleopatra Thea was forced to retreat near Pelousion because his soldiers refused to obey him, and Cleopatra Thea, then in Antioch, rebelled against him and established her son Antiochus as king.
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Cleopatra Thea fled the city, and probably went to Ptolemais, where she had married Alexander Balas some twenty years earlier.
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Cleopatra Thea refused to admit him to the city; he went instead to Tyre, where the local Seleucid administrator killed him on Cleopatra Thea's orders.
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Demetrius' elder son, Seleucus, proclaimed himself the new king with the name Seleucus V, but Cleopatra Thea had him executed by archers soon after.
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From 125 BC to 121 BC Cleopatra Thea ruled Syria, sharing the throne with her son, Antiochus VIII Grypus, whom she had proclaimed king in Antioch in 128 BC.
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Cleopatra Thea thus procured an Egyptian alliance, causing Ptolemy to turn against Alexander II.
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Grypus became less controllable as he grew up, and in 121 BC Cleopatra Thea decided to eliminate him.
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Cleopatra Thea offered him a cup of poisoned wine, but Grypus guessed her intention and forced her to drink the wine, which killed her.
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Cleopatra Thea was a daughter of Ptolemy VI Philometor and Cleopatra II of Egypt.
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Cleopatra Thea had two brothers named Ptolemy Eupator and Ptolemy respectively.