Lagid house

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The Lagid house, also known as the Ptolemaic dynasty, was the Macedonian Greek royal family that ruled Egypt from the time of Alexander the Great’s successor Ptolemy I until the death of Cleopatra VII.

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Lagid house canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Macedonian Greek dynasty
Ptolemaic dynasty
royal dynasty
alsoKnownAs Lagid dynasty
Ptolemaic dynasty
linked to: Lagid dynasty
associatedWith Library of Alexandria
Mouseion of Alexandria
capital Alexandria
countryRuled Egypt
Ptolemaic Egypt
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom
currency Ptolemaic coinage
dynasticName Ptolemy
dynasticPractice sibling marriage
endCause Roman annexation of Egypt
endTime 30 BC
ethnicOrigin Macedonian Greek
fellTo Roman Republic
followedBy Roman Egypt
foundedBy Ptolemy I Soter
governmentForm Hellenistic monarchy
languageUsed Egyptian
Greek
lastRuler Cleopatra VII Philopator
linked to: Cleopatra VII
memberOf Hellenistic kingdoms
namedAfter Ptolemy I Soter
notableEvent Alexandrian War
Battle of Raphia
notableMember Cleopatra VII Philopator
linked to: Cleopatra VII

Ptolemy I Soter
Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Ptolemy III Euergetes
Ptolemy IV Philopator
Ptolemy V Epiphanes
Ptolemy VI Philometor
Ptolemy VIII Physcon
Ptolemy XII Auletes
originatedFrom Macedon
partOf Hellenistic period
precededBy Pharaonic Egypt
religion Ancient Egyptian religion
Ancient Greek religion
startTime 305 BC
territorialPeak Coele-Syria
Cyprus
Cyrenaica
usedCalendar Egyptian calendar
linked to: Coptic calendar

Greek calendar
usedRoyalCult Ptolemaic ruler cult
usedTitle Basileus
Pharaoh of Egypt

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ptolemy IV Philopator royalHouse Lagid house
Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II royalHouse Lagid house
subject linked to: Euergetes II
Ptolemy X Alexander I house Lagid house