BERENICE IV

(c. 78–55 BC)

   Eldest daughter of Ptolemy XII and Cleopatra VI Tryphaena. When her father was expelled in 58 BC, she was named joint ruler apparently with her mother. In 56 BC, Berenice IV first married Seleucus, a Syrian prince whom she murdered shortly after the marriage. She then wed Archelaus of Cappadocia, who was killed in 55 BC trying to defeat the Roman forces supporting his father-in-law. Upon his restoration, Ptolemy XII executed his daughter.