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Important Facts
- Cleopatra was born in 69 B.C. in Alexandria, Egypt. She died August 12, 30 B.C.
- Cleopatra was a daughter of Pharaoh Ptolemy XII Auletes. Cleopatra married her younger brother Ptolemy XIII and after his death, she married her younger brother Ptolemy XIV. Later she married the Roman Mark Antony.
- Cleopatra had one son by Caesar, named Caesarion. She had twins with Mark Antony, Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene, and later, a son, Ptolemy Philadelphos.
- Cleopatra was actually Cleopatra VII, and was the last pharaoh of Egypt, because Rome took over following her death.
- After Mark Antony committed suicide, so did Cleopatra. The story is that she took an asp to her breast and let the poisonous snake bite her.
- Although her family had adopted Egyptian customs, like having pharaohs marry their siblings, Cleopatra and her family were really Macedonians who had gone to Egypt with Alexander the Great.
