The year is stated as the ninth year of Ptolemy V's reign ( equated with 197 / 196 BC ), and it is confirmed by naming four priests who officiated in that same year: Aëtus son of Aëtus was priest of the divine cults of Alexander the Great and the five Ptolemies down to Ptolemy V himself ; his three colleagues, named in turn in the inscription, led the worship of Berenice Euergetis ( wife of Ptolemy III ), Arsinoe Philadelpha ( wife and sister of Ptolemy II ) and Arsinoe Philopator, mother of Ptolemy V. However, a second date is also given in the Greek and hieroglyphic texts, corresponding to, the official anniversary of Ptolemy's coronation.

** Ptolemy III Euergetes I ( 246 BC – 222 BC ) and his wife Berenice II

** Berenice II, queen of Egypt, daughter of Magas, King of Cyrenaica ( in modern Libya ), whose marriage to Ptolemy III Euergetes has reunited her country with Egypt ( b. c. 267 BC )

* Apama II ( about c. 292 BC-sometime after 249 BC ), wife of Magas of Cyrene and mother of Berenice II, who is also known as Arsinoe

The pro-Roman king Agrippa II and his sister Berenice fled the city to Galilee where they later gave themselves up to the Romans.

During the Jewish wars, Titus had begun a love affair with Berenice, sister of Agrippa II.

* At Sosibius ' direction, Ptolemy IV puts to death in succession his uncle, Lysimachus, his brother Magas, and his mother Berenice II.

* Following the death of the King of Cyrene, Magas, Queen Apama II, Magas ' widow, and Antigonus II arrange the marriage of Antigonus ' half-brother Demetrius the Fair to Berenice of Cyrene, daughter of Magas and Apama.

* Antiochus II leaves Berenice in order to live again with his former wife Laodice and his son Seleucus.

However, Laodice poisons him and proclaims her son as King Seleucus II Callinicus, while her supporters in Antioch kill Berenice and her children who have taken refuge at Daphne, near Antioch, in Syria.

* Arsinoe III, queen of Egypt from 220 BC, daughter of Ptolemy III and Berenice II ( d. 204 BC )

* Berenice, daughter of Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoe, wife of the Seleucid ruler Antiochus II Theos, supplanting his first wife, Laodice, whose children she has persuaded him to bar from the succession to the throne in favour of her own

* Following a long engagement, Ptolemy III marries Berenice II, the daughter of Magas, king of Cyrene ; thereby reuniting Egypt and Cyrenaica.

Agrippa II, son of Agrippa I, was asked, with his sister Berenice, by the Roman Procurator of Judea, Porcius Festus, to assist in the mini-trial of the Apostle Paul.

Berenice depicted with her brother Agrippa II during the trial of Paul of Tarsus | St. Paul.

He is succeeded by his youngest son by his wife Berenice, Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who has been co-regent for three years.

Ptolemy IV Philopator ( Greek:, Ptolemaĩos Philopátōr, reigned 221 – 205 BCE ), son of Ptolemy III and Berenice II of Egypt was the fourth Pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt.

Head of Ptolemy II and his mother Berenice I

Berenice bore Ptolemy I: two daughters Arsinoe II, Philotera and a son Ptolemy II Philadelphus.

Queen Berenice II of Egypt

* Berenice III of Egypt ( 120-80 BC ), queen of Egypt sometimes known as Cleopatra Berenice

* Berenice IV, queen of Egypt ( b. 77 BC )

* Berenice IV becomes queen of Egypt after temporarily dethroning her father, Ptolemy XII Auletes.

Under the rule of his father, Titus gained notoriety in Rome serving as prefect of the Praetorian Guard, and for carrying on a controversial relationship with the Jewish queen Berenice.

* Berenice, wife of Ptolemy, is proclaimed queen of Egypt.

** Berenice ( Seleucid queen ), daughter of Ptolemy II of Egypt and wife of Seleucid monarch Antiochus II Theos

Philip may have survived his deposition: a Seleucid prince Philip is mentioned as a prospective bridegroom to queen Berenice IV of Egypt, sister of Cleopatra VII in 56 BC.

The identity of the king and queen in question is not given, but is generally thought to either be King Herod Agrippa I and his wife Cypris, or King Herod Agrippa II and his sister Berenice.

Berenice, queen of Cappadocia

In 249 or 250 BC, Demetrius married his great niece, the Greek Cyrenaean princess and future Greek queen of Egypt, Berenice II.

Berenice III ( 120 – 80 BC, Greek: Βερενίκη ), sometimes called Cleopatra Berenice, ruled as queen of Egypt from 81 to 80 BC, and possibly from 101 to 88 BC jointly with her uncle / husband Ptolemy X Alexander I.

# REDIRECT Berenice ( Seleucid queen )

* Pyrrhus, the King of Epirus, is taken as a hostage to Egypt after the Battle of Ipsus and makes a diplomatic marriage with the princess Antigone, daughter of Ptolemy and Berenice.

The identity of Cleopatra's mother is unknown, but she is generally believed to be Cleopatra V Tryphaena of Egypt, the sister or cousin and wife of Ptolemy XII, or possibly another Ptolemaic family member who was the daughter of Ptolemy X and Cleopatra Berenice III Philopator if Cleopatra V was not the daughter of Ptolemy X and Berenice III.

* Berenice III, reigning Queen of Egypt ( d. 80 BC )

* Mariamne, who married Gaius Julius Archelaus Antiochus Epiphanes ; they had a daughter Berenice ( daughter of Mariamne ) AD who lived with her mother in Alexandria, Egypt after her parents divorce

When Octavian invaded Egypt in 30 BC, Cleopatra sent Caesarion, at the time 17 years old, to the Red Sea port of Berenice for safety, with possible plans of an escape to India.

* Ptolemy XI of Egypt had his wife, Berenice III, murdered shortly after their wedding in 80 BC.

Berenice I ( c. 340 BC-between 279-268 BC ) was a Greek Macedonian noblewoman and through her marriage to Ptolemy I Soter, became the first Queen of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt.

After the death of her first husband, Berenice travelled to Egypt with her children as a lady-in-waiting for her mother ’ s first cousin Eurydice who was the wife of Ptolemy I. Ptolemy I was one of the generals of King Alexander the Great and founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Ancient Egypt.

His third wife was the Greek Ptolemaic Princess Theoxena, who was the second daughter of Berenice I from her first husband Philip and was a stepdaughter of Ptolemy I Soter.

A peace is then concluded between Antiochus and Ptolemy under which Antiochus is to marry Ptolemy's daughter Berenice Syra.

Ptolemy III's stone contains decrees about priestly orders, and is a memorial for his daughter Berenice.

* The war is concluded with the marriage of Antiochus to Ptolemy II's daughter, Berenice Syra.

Agrippa and Berenice ( daughter of Herod Agrippa I ) | Berenice are both seated on thrones.

* Berenice ( daughter of Herod Agrippa I ), Julia Berenice, princess of the Herodian Dynasty

Berenice II ( 267 or 266 BC – 221 BC ) was the daughter of Magas of Cyrene and Queen Apama II, and the wife of Ptolemy III Euergetes, the third ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt.

** Berenice II of Egypt, daughter of Magas of Cyrene, wife of Ptolemy III of Egypt and traditional namesake of the constellation Coma Berenices

** Berenice III of Egypt, daughter of Ptolemy IX of Egypt ; she first married Ptolemy X of Egypt, and later Ptolemy XI of Egypt