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Cleopatra was a very common name in the ancient Macedonian world. I'm sure not all of them married their brothers. However, in Egypt, the Cleopatras of the Ptolemaic dynasty often married their brothers as it was an Egyptian custom, that was supposed to keep the divine royal bloodline pure.

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