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Cleopatra VII of Egypt

 

Cleopatra VII Philopator (December, 70 BC or January, 69 BC - August 12?, 30 BC) was pharaoh of ancient Egypt. She was the last member of the Macedonian Ptolemaic dynasty to rule Egypt. Her father was Ptolemy XII Auletes, and her mother was probably Auletes's sister, Cleopatra V Tryphaena. The name Cleopatra is Greek for "father's glory".