Cleopatra Selene II

Queen consort of Mauretania from 25 to 5 BC

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Lived -40–-5, aged 35Egypt

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-40–-5
Aged 35

Summary

Updated 2026-06-10

The daughter of Cleopatra and Mark Antony who survived her parents' suicides and Rome's triumph — then ruled Mauretania with her husband and turned it into one of the wealthiest kingdoms of the early empire.

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Born in 40 BC to Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony, Cleopatra Selene was named queen of Cyrenaica and Libya as a child in her parents' grand territorial gifts. After Actium and the double suicide in 30 BC, she and her brothers were taken to Rome as captives and raised in the household of Octavia the Younger — Octavian's sister and Antony's former wife. Around 25 BC she married Juba II and became Queen of Mauretania. She wielded real power in government, shaping trade policy and construction projects, and under their joint reign the kingdom grew extraordinarily rich. She bore a son, Ptolemy of Maur…

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