Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Physcon UNKNOWN 
Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Physcon was born in 0184 Bc. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Physcon's father was Ptolemy V Epiphanes Pharaoh of Egypt and his mother was Cleopatra I UNKNOWN. His paternal grandparents were Ptolemy IV Philopater UNKNOWN and Arsinoe III UNKNOWN; his maternal grandfather was Antiochus III UNKNOWN and his maternal grandmother is Laodice III De Pontus. He had a brother and a sister, named Ptolemy VI Philometor and Cleopatra II. He died in 0116 Bc.General Notes
Name Suffix:<NSFX> King of Egypt
Note: Ptolemy VII (184?-116 bc), called Ptolemy Euergetes("benefactor") II, king of Egypt (145-116 bc), the son ofPtolemy V and the brother of Ptolemy VI. He was portrayed byGreek writers as a cruel despot, but Egyptian writings credithim with administrative reforms and the liberal endowment ofreligious institutions. The Ptolemaic Empire became permanentlydisunited after his death. His will bequeathed Cyrenaica to hisillegitimate son Ptolemy Apion (died 96 bc) and Egypt and Cyprusto his second wife Cleopatra III, who was instructed to chooseone of her sons as joint ruler.
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Ptolemy VIII EUERGETES II
(Greek: "Benefactor II"), also called PHYSCON (Greek:"Potbellied") (d. 116 BC), Macedonian king of Egypt who played adivisive role in trying to win the kingship, making himselfsubservient to Rome and encouraging Roman interference in Egypt.
Ptolemy VIII ruled jointly with his brother, Ptolemy VIPhilometor, in 170-164 BC and alone during the next year; he wasking of Cyrenaica (in modern Libya) in 163-145, and sole rulerof Egypt from 145 to his death in 116, except for a brief exilein 131-129. Continuously quarreling with his queen, CleopatraII, the widow of Philometor, he caused civil war and economiccollapse in Egypt. Late in his reign (118) he institutedextensive reforms to restore the country.
Around 117 an expedition sponsored by Ptolemy completed thefirst sea voyage to India via the Red Sea and Indian Ocean,beginning Egypt's interest in the spice trade.
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They had a son named Ptolemy Apion.
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They had three sons and four daughters, named Ptolemy IX Soter II, Ptolemy VIII Lathyrus, Ptolemy X Alexander I, Berenice, Cleopatra, Cleopatra IV and Cleopatra Selene.
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