Cook Family Ancestry Ptolemy III Euergetes I King of Egypt [60718] This title is just so we know which tree we are working in, as there are many families represented here.

Ptolemy I Soter t King of Egyp [60710]
(Abt 0330 B.C.-Abt 0283 B.C.)

Berenice I of Macedonia [60709]
(0333 B.C.-0275 B.C.)

Lysimachos of Macedonia King of Thrace [60715]
(0345 B.C.-0281 B.C.)

Nicaea I Antipatrid [60716]
(0346 B.C.-)

Ptolemy II Philadelphus [60713]
(Abt 0308 B.C.-Abt 0246 B.C.)

Arsinoe I of Macedonia [60714]
(0310 B.C.-)

Ptolemy III Euergetes I King of Egypt [60718]
(0284 B.C.-0221 B.C.)

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Spouses/Children:
Berenice II of Cyrene [60719]

Ptolemy III Euergetes I King of Egypt [60718]

Born: 284 B.C.
Marriage: Berenice II of Cyrene [60719]
Died: 221 B.C. at age 63

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Ptolemy III of Egypt

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Ptolemy III Euergeter I , ( Ptolemaeus III ) ( Evergetes ,Euergetes ) ( 246 BC -222 BC ). The third ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt , he was the eldest son of Ptolemy II of Egypt Philadelphus and Arsinoe II of Egypt . He came to power in 246 BC upon the death of his father. He is most noted for his invasions of the northern kingdom of Syria which he commenced upon the murder of his eldest sister and wife Berenice II of Egypt .

He was the father of Arsinoe III of Egypt .

Ptolemy married Berenice II of Cyrene [60719] [MRIN: 551617107], daughter of Magas King of Cyrene [60720] and Apama Seleucid [60721]. (Berenice II of Cyrene [60719] was born in 267 B.C..)