Cleopatra VI

'dainty') or Cleopatra Tryphaena II (died c. 57 BC) was a queen of Ptolemaic Egypt who ruled alongside Berenice IV, who was either her sister or daughter.

The loss of Cyprus, and the poor state of the Egyptian economy following the bribes to Caesar, triggered civil unrest in Ptolemy Auletes' capital Alexandria.

In the meantime Cleopatra Tryphaena is believed to have died in 57 BC of unknown causes, leaving the young Berenice sole queen in Alexandria for another two years.

[7] The identity of Cleopatra VI Tryphaena or rather her familial relationship to Ptolemy XII Auletes and Berenice IV Epiphaneia, is far from clear.

Records for the Ptolemies of this period are far from complete, often fragmentary, and sometimes contradictory, and those attesting to the existence of Cleopatra VI Tryphaena are particularly limited.

[11] However, a dedication on the Temple of Edfu from December 5, 57 BC[15] reads, "Ptolemy, Young Osiris, with his Sister, queen Cleopatra, surnamed Tryphaena."

A likely sculpture of Cleopatra V Tryphaena (likely also Cleopatra VI), 1st century BC, from Lower Egypt, now in the Musée Saint-Raymond [ 1 ]