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Berenice III (120–80 BC Greek: Βερενίκη) sometimes called Cleopatra Berenice ruled as queen of Egypt from 81 to 80 BC and possibly from 101 to 88 BC jointly with her uncle/husband Ptolemy X Alexander I.She was born in 120 BC the daughter of Ptolemy IX Lathyros and Cleopatra Selene I. She married Ptolemy X Alexander I in 101 BC after he took the throne from Lathyros and had his mother (and her grandmother) Cleopatra III killed.
