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Arsinoe I

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Egyptian queen consort

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Arsinoe I was a female monarch and queen consort during the Hellenistic period. She held the noble title of pharaoh in the Ptolemaic Kingdom. Her father was Lysimachus, and her mother was Nicaea of Macedon. She was the spouse of Ptolemy II Philadelphus.

Arsinoe I was born in either 305 BCE or 295 BCE. She died in 248 BCE in Qift. Her children included Ptolemy III Euergetes, Berenice, and Lysimachus of Egypt. Her siblings were Eurydice, Ptolemy Epigonos, Agathocles, and Lysimachus. She is described in the sources Pauly–Wissowa and Description of Greece.

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Coin of Arsinoe I, Kestner Museum, Hannover Arsinoe I (Ancient Greek: Ἀρσινόη, 305 BC – after c. 248 BC) was queen of Egypt by marriage to Ptolemy II Philadelphus.

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