How would Cleopatra's siblings be very important in her life? (trust me, I have sisters and it is hard to survive.) It ends up Cleopatra wouldn't have been queen without them. Her brothers are named Arsinoe, Ptolemy XII, and Ptolemy XIV. Her sisters are named Cleopatra VI and Berenice IV. Wait till you here this, their father was named Ptolemy XII (also known as Auletes) and their mother was named Cleopatra V. (What is up with all of the Ptolemy's and Cleopatra's?) The reason why her siblings are so important to her is that because her two eldest sisters took the throne as queen before Cleopatra, but got driven off throne. Then, Cleopatra had to marry her eldest brother to become queen, because of her two sisters, they held up the throne till Cleopatra was old enough and because of her brother she became queen. (an ancient egyptian family shown to the left)
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