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Arsinoe III
Arsinoe III (c.†204 BCE): wife of Ptolemy IV Philopator, queen in the Ptolemaic Empire.
Relatives
- Father: Ptolemy III Euergetes
- Mother: Berenice II
- Husband: her brother Ptolemy IV Philopator
- Son: Ptolemy V Epiphanes
Main deeds
- 220: Arsinoe marries her brother, king Ptolemy IV Philopator
- 217: She is present during the battle of Raphia
- 9 October 210: Birth of Ptolemy V
- 29 November 205: Ptolemy V is made co-ruler
- July or August 204: Death of Ptolemy IV Philopator and accession of Ptolemy V; Arsinoe is killed
Information on the web
- E.R. Bevan, The House of Ptolemy (1927), chapter 7.