Cleopatra (wife of Perdiccas II)
Cleopatra ( Greek Κλεοπάτρα ) was a late 5th century BC Living Macedonian queen. First she was the wife of Perdiccas II , then Archelaus I.
Life
After Cleopatra had entered into her first marriage with the Macedonian king Perdiccas II, she gave birth to a son who was still a child at Perdiccas' death (413 BC). Now she extended her hand to Archelaus I, an illegitimate son of her deceased husband. Archelaus succeeded his father on the Macedonian throne and was supposed to rule the young son of Cleopatra from Perdiccas, but he soon had him murdered.
Cleopatra probably had two daughters of Archelaus, the elder of whom was married to an Elimioten prince of unknown name, while the younger married Amyntas, a son of Archelaus from a previous wife. Cleopatra also bore Archelaus a son named Orestes , who after the death of his father in 399 BC. Came to the government under age.
There is no tradition of Cleopatra's later fate.
literature
- Felix Stähelin : Cleopatra 11. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XI, 1, Stuttgart 1921, column 734.
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cleopatra |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Κλεοπάτρα (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Macedonian queen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th century BC BC or 4th century BC Chr. |