| LC control no. | n 2022011759 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Cleopatra Thea, Queen of Syria, approximately 165-121 B.C. |
| Variant(s) | Kleopatra Thea, Queen of Syria, approximately 165-121 B.C. |
| Birth date | -0121 |
| Death date | -0165 |
| Found in | Sister-queens in the high Hellenistic period, 2022: ECIP title page (Kleopatra Thea) Encyclopedia.com website, Mar 7, 2022 (Cleopatra Thea (c. 165-121 bce) Queen of Syria. Born around 165 bce; died in 121 bce; daughter of Ptolemy VI and Cleopatra II (c. 183-116 bce) of Egypt; probably the older sister of Cleopatra III; married Alexander Balas, pretender to the Seleucid throne (r. 150-145 bce), in 150 bce (died 145 bce); married Demetrius II Nicator, Seleucid king (r. 145-138), in 146 bce (died 125 bce); married Antiochus VII Sidetes (died 129); children: (first marriage) Antiochus VI Epiphanes; (second marriage) sons Antiochus VIII Philometor Grypus and Seleucus V, and a daughter Laodice (fl. 129 bce); (third marriage) Antiochus IX Philopator Cyzicenus (r. 96-95 bce)) |
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