Cleopatra VII Philopator (January 69 BC – August 12, 30 BC) was the last Pharaoh of Egypt's Ptolemaic dynasty. Cleopatra of Alexandria - Ancientvine She originally shared power with her father Ptolemy XII Auletes and later with her brothers Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV, whom she also married, but eventually gained sole rule. As pharaoh, she consummated a liaison with Gaius Julius Caesar that solidified her grip on the throne. She later elevated her son with Caesar, Caesarion, to co-ruler in name.
Cleopatra (Cleopatra VII Phil-opator), a queen of Egypt of the Ptolemaic dynasty. She was a handsome, able, and ambitious woman noted for her charm. Her kingdom was one of the old subdivisions of THE EMPIRE of Alexander the Great. Its capital was Alexandria. At first Cleopatra shared the throne with her younger brother, Ptolemy XII, whom she married, according to the prevailing custom in Egypt. After Ptolemy drove Cleopatra from the throne (49 B.C.), she used her charms to get the aid of Julius Caesar, who was in Egypt. Caesar helped her defeat Ptolemy, who was killed, and restored her to the Egyptian throne as joint ruler with her youngest brother, Ptolemy XIII. Cleopatra bore Caesar a son called Caesarion (Little Caesar). In 46 B.C., a year after Caesar's return to Rome, Cleopatra joined him there. She returned to Egypt after Caesar's assassination in 44 B.C. and soon poisoned her brother in order to gain complete control of the throne.