Have you ever wondered how Cleopatra became queen? Cleopatra's father, Auletes (real name Ptolemy XII), was already the pharaoh, aka king, and Cleopatra already had 4 brothers and 3 sisters. The reason why I included her brothers and sisters, is because in Ancient Egypt if they were royal, the girls would marry their brothers for their family to stay in power (ewww!) so, 18 year old Cleopatra had to marry her elsest brother, who was 10 years old (gross!). When Cleopatra married her brother, he became the king and Cleopatra became queen.
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