It would be simplest to say that she took her father's throne.
However succession to power wasn't all that simple back then.
Her father (Ptolemy XII) was king of Egypt. He made her joint regent with him when she was 14. When he died (51 BCE) she (at 18) and her 12 year old brother Ptolemy XIII became joint rulers.
She then married her brother and started to bump him out of any real power.
Then there was a rebellion and Ptolemy XIII took over to become sole ruler in 48 BCE.
Then Cleopatra rebelled against him - but failed and had to flee Egypt.
She came back to the palace at the time that Julius Caesar was there and Caesar, after a war, established her on the throne in 47 BC.
She inhereted her place to the thrown.
No, you have your queens mixed. It was Cleopatra who was exiled by her brother.
She never became ruler of Rome, she was the ruler of Egypt. Her father was Pharoah, and he died and she was the oldest of her siblings so the crown was handed to her.
to become famous she was the 1st women ruler with out an Egyptian king. she had a (2) men but he was important to rome.
Originally Cleopatra was supposed to be a co-ruler with her brother, as stated in her father's will. A power struggle broke out and Cleopatra was dethroned. Julius Caesar restored her to the throne in 47 BC.
She inhereted her place to the thrown.
Cleopatra was the last dynastic ruler of Egypt before it become a Roman provience
Cleopatra's father, Ptolemy XII was the ruler of Egypt before Cleopatra.
No, you have your queens mixed. It was Cleopatra who was exiled by her brother.
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She never became ruler of Rome, she was the ruler of Egypt. Her father was Pharoah, and he died and she was the oldest of her siblings so the crown was handed to her.
to become famous she was the 1st women ruler with out an Egyptian king. she had a (2) men but he was important to rome.
Cleopatra ruled from 47 BC to 30BC, which was 17 years. She had become ruler before this time, but was deposed and returned in 47BC.
Cleopatra' s main goals were to keep her dynasty alive and to keep her country independent.
Originally Cleopatra was supposed to be a co-ruler with her brother, as stated in her father's will. A power struggle broke out and Cleopatra was dethroned. Julius Caesar restored her to the throne in 47 BC.
Cleopatra
Cleopatra was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty.