Cleopatra I Syra

Cleopatra I Syra (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα ἡ Σύρα; c. 204 176 BC) was a princess of the Seleucid Empire, Queen of Ptolemaic Egypt by marriage to Ptolemy V of Egypt, and regent of Egypt during the minority of their son, Ptolemy VI, from her husband's death in 180 BC until her own death in 176 BC.

Cleopatra I Syra
Queen of Egypt
Depiction based on a relief of Cleopatra I
Queen of Egypt
Reign193 - 176 BC
(also regent for her co-monarch Ptolemy VI between 180 and 176 BC)
Coronation192 BC
PredecessorPtolemy V of Egypt
SuccessorPtolemy VI of Egypt
Co-regentPtolemy V of Egypt and Ptolemy VI of Egypt
Bornc. 204 BC
Died176 BC or 178/177 BC
SpousePtolemy V of Egypt
IssuePtolemy VI of Egypt
Ptolemy VIII Physcon
Cleopatra II of Egypt
DynastySeleucid
FatherAntiochus III the Great
MotherLaodice III
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