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Cleopatra III
queen of Egypt
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Ptolemy IX
- In Ptolemy IX Soter II
…Alexander I, and his mother, Cleopatra III, widow of Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II, gained sole rule of the country in 88 and sought to keep Egypt from excessive Roman influence while trying to develop trade with the East.
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Ptolemy X
- In Ptolemy X Alexander I
…the direction of his mother, Cleopatra III, ruled Egypt alternately with his brother Ptolemy IX Soter II and around 105 became involved in a civil war in the Seleucid kingdom in Syria.
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