Cleopatra I, Seleucid Queen of Egypt Syra 
Cleopatra I, Seleucid Queen of Egypt's father was Antiochus III, Seleucid King of Syria Megas and her mother was III, Princess of Pontus Laodice. Her paternal grandparents were Seleucus II, Seleucid King of Syria Callinicus and II, Seleucid Queen of Syria Laodice; her maternal grandparents were III, King of Pontus Mithradates and II, Seleucid Princess of Syria Laodice. She had two brothers and a sister, named Seleucus IV, Seleucid King of Syria, Antiochus IV, Seleucid King of Syria and Laodice, Seleucid Queen of Syria.General Notes
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Cleopatra I SYRA (d. 176 BC), queen of Egypt (193-176 BC), wife of
Ptolemy V Epiphanes and regent for her minor son, Ptolemy VI Philometor.
Daughter of Antiochus III the Great of the Syrian Empire, Cleopatra was
married to Ptolemy V in 193 as part of the Peace of Lysimacheia,
concluding warfare and border conflicts between Syria and Egypt. She
brought as her dowry the revenues (but apparently not the ownership) of
Coele-Syria, a land that Egypt had long sought to recover; and the total
agreement helped to ensure Egypt's neutrality in Syria's continuing
struggles with the Romans. When Ptolemy V died (180), Cleopatra became
the true ruler of Egypt as regent for her young son, and she ruled
equitably, keeping peace with Syria while doing nothing to alienate Rome,
and thereby kept Egypt free of invasion.
They had a son and a daughter, named Ptolemy VI, Pharaoh of Egypt and II, Princess of Egypt.
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