Ptolemy biography alexander great tombs
He ruled in co-regency with his mother Cleopatra III as Ptolemy Philometor Soter [a] until BC, and then with his niece and wife Berenice III as Ptolemy Philadelphus. [b] He was a son of Ptolemy VIII and Cleopatra III, and younger brother of Ptolemy IX. His birth name was probably Alexander. Ptolemy X was the second son of Ptolemy VIII and.