Categories: Legends and People

Cleopatra, the last sovereign of Egypt

  • Cleopatra VII was born in Alexandria (Egypt) in the year 69 before Jesus Christ.
  • Married her brother Ptolémée XIII
  • Queen of Egypt at 17 in -51
  • She reigns over Egypt between -51 and -30
  • She is famous for being the companion of Julius Caesar, then of Marc Antoine, with whom she had had several children
  • Defeated at the Battle of Actium in -31
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