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Ptolemy I Soter (-0367--0283)

"With Eurydice:

Ptolemy KeraunosMeleagerUnknown third sonPtolemaisLysandraWith Berenice I:

Arsinoe IIPhiloteraPtolemy II PhiladelphusFatherLagus or Philip II of MacedonMotherArsinoeRelativesMenelaus (brother)Bornc. 367 BCMacedonDiedJanuary 282 BC (aged 84–85)Alexandria, EgyptPtolemy I Soter (/ˈtɒləmi/; Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Σωτήρ, Ptolemaîos Sōtḗr "Ptolemy the Savior"; c. 367 BC – January 282 BC) was a companion and historian of Alexander the Great of the Kingdom of Macedon in northern Greece who became ruler of Egypt, part of Alexander´s former empire. Ptolemy was pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt from 305/304 BC to his death. He was the founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty which ruled Egypt until the death of Cleopatra in 30 BC, turning the country into a Hellenistic kingdom and Alexandria into a center of Greek culture." - (en.wikipedia.org 06.10.2020)

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Husband of Berenice I of Egypt
father of Ptolemy II Philadelphus [son of], Berenice I of Egypt [mother of]
father of Arsinoe II [daughter of], Berenice I of Egypt [mother of]
father of Ptolemy Keraunos

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official King Egypt 305-283 BC
Founder Ptolemaic dynasty

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Tetradrachme des Ptolemaios I. Soter, um 300 vor ChristusPtolemäer: Ptolemaios (I.)Ptolemäer: Ptolemaios II.Ptolemäer: Ptolemaios I.Ptolemäer: Ptolemaios II.Ptolemäer: Ptolemaios (I.)
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Was depicted (Actor) Ptolemy I Soter (-0367--0283)
[Relation to person or institution] Ptolemaic dynasty
[Relation to person or institution] Zeus

[Relation to person or institution] Ptolemy I Soter (-0367--0283)

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