Ptolemy III of Egypt
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Ptolemy III Euergetes 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 Berenice Phernophorus.
He married Berenice of Cyrene between 244/243 and they were parents of Arsinoe III of Egypt and Ptolemy IV of Egypt.
External Links
- Ptolemy Euergetes I at LacusCurtius (http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Africa/Egypt/_Texts/BEVHOP/6*.html) — (Chapter VI of E. R Bevan's House of Ptolemy, 1923)
- Ptolemy III (http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Egypt/ptolemies/ptolemy_iii.htm) — (Royal Egyptian Genealogy)
| Preceded by: Ptolemy II | Ptolemaic King of Egypt with Berenice II | Succeeded by: Ptolemy IV |