Ptolemy IX (Soter II) & Ptolemy X (Alexander I)

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Ptolemy IX ascended the throne after the death of his father Ptolemy VIII . He got married to his sister Cleopatra IV . Soon afterwards he witnessed a struggle between his wife and his mother . This struggle was a result of underestimating the power of her son Ptolemy IX and his wife Cleopatra IV . The struggle between the two women for the throne made Cleopatra III decide to leave Egypt to Cyprus for a while . As a result of a family relation between Egypt and Syria (The wife of the King of Syria was the sister of Cleopatra III) , Ptolemy IX decided to bring Cleopatra III back to Egypt . Ptolemy IX left his wife and got married to his younger sister , Cleopatra V , which made Cleopatra IV become very jealous , and leave Egypt to Syria where she died .
Cleopatra III started to arrange for getting rid of her son as a ruler through spreading rumors among people regarding his personality and policy until he had to flee to Cyprus . After his flee , she replaced him by her younger son , Ptolemy X (Alexander I) .
Ptolemy X ruled Egypt as a co-sovereign . At the same time , Ptolemy IX was trying to conquer some of the lands which belonged to Egypt , but at this point it was not very helpful . Cleopatra III died in 101 BC which made Ptolemy X able to rule alone . Some scholars suggest that he had a hand in the death of his mother with a goal to take over the country . He ruled Egypt for a while until the people of Alexandria succeeded to expel him out of the country after a revolution in 88 BC . This revolution forced him to flee to Cyprus where he died .
After the death of Ptolemy X , Ptolemy IX (Soter II) returned officially to the throne of Egypt , and brought Bernice III to share the throne with him as a royal concert and not a wife . Ptolemy IX didn’t want to take any part in the war taking place around the Macedonian Empire . Ptolemy IX died with no royal heir to the throne .
Bernice III found herself alone on the throne of Egypt , and there should be a way to find someone who can officially rule . She found that Ptolemy X (Alexander I) had a son who lived in Rome . This son spent his childhood in Egypt , he was years younger than Bernice III , but he married her to ascend the throne .
Bernice III was a very popular figure . Unfortunately , as soon as Ptolemy XI ascended the throne , he killed her and this very action made the people of Alexandria mad at him following him to the gymnasium . At last , they killed him cutting him into pieces . He only ruled for 20 days .