# Berenice II of Egypt

> Queen of Egypt who ruled alongside Ptolemy III in the third century BCE, she's remembered less for statecraft than for a votive offering: her sacrificed hair, immortalized as the constellation Coma Berenices.

*Queen regnant of Cyrenaica from 258 to 246 BCE and queen of Ptolemaic Egypt (246–221 BC)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/berenice-ii-of-egypt

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Other
- **Born:** -267
- **Died:** -221
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Berenice inherited Cyrenaica in 250 or 249 BCE and briefly married Demetrius the Fair to secure his rule, but a power struggle with her mother followed. She then married her half-cousin Ptolemy III, folding Cyrenaica back into Ptolemaic Egypt in 246 BCE. As queen she governed actively, entered the state cult, and was worshipped as a deity in her own right. Her hair sacrifice became the stuff of legend, pinned to the night sky in the constellation that still bears her name. In 221 BCE, shortly after her son Ptolemy IV took the throne, the regent Sosibius had her murdered.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 53.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 22.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 5.6 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 50.0 / 100

## Topics
#Business Professionals, #Other, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40010)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berenice_II_of_Egypt)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Berenice%20II%20of%20Egypt)
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- [Береника II](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0_II)
- [Berenike II Egipt](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berenike_II_Egipt)
- [Berenice II](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berenice_II)
- [Berenike II.](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berenike_II.)
- [Βερενίκη Β΄ της Αιγύπτου](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%BA%CE%B7_%CE%92%CE%84_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%91%CE%B9%CE%B3%CF%8D%CF%80%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85)
- [Berenice II](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berenice_II)
- [Berenico la 2-a (Egiptujo)](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berenico_la_2-a_(Egiptujo))
- [Berenice II de Egipto](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berenice_II_de_Egipto)
- [برنیکه دوم](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%87_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85)
- [Berenike II](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berenike_II)
- [Bérénice II](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9r%C3%A9nice_II)
- [ברניקי השנייה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%99%D7%94)
- [II. Bereniké](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/II._Berenik%C3%A9)
- [Berenike II](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berenike_II)
- [Bereníke 2.](https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beren%C3%ADke_2.)
- [Berenice II](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berenice_II)
- [ベレニケ2世](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%AC%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B12%E4%B8%96)
- [ბერენიკა II](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%90_II)
- [베레니케 2세](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%A0%EB%A0%88%EB%8B%88%EC%BC%80_2%EC%84%B8)
- [Berenice II (regina Aegypti)](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berenice_II_(regina_Aegypti))
- [Berenice II](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berenice_II)
- [Berenike II av Egypt](https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berenike_II_av_Egypt)
- [برنيكي الثانية](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9)
- [برينيكى التانيه](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%87)

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