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Eurydice of Egypt
Egyptian queen consort

Eurydice of Egypt

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Egyptian queen consort
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Female
Place of birth
Macedonia
Family
Father:
Antipater
Spouse:
Ptolemy I Soter
Children:
Lysandra Ptolémaïs Ptolemy Keraunos Meleager
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Biography

Eurydice (in Greek Ευρυδικη, Evridiki) was the daughter of Antipater and the wife of Ptolemy I Soter. The period of her marriage is not mentioned by any ancient writer, but it is probable that it took place shortly after the partition of Triparadisus, and the appointment of Antipater to the regency in 321 BC.
She was the mother of three sons: Ptolemy Keraunos, Meleager, who succeeded his brother on the throne of Macedonia and a third child, whose name is unknown, who was put to death by Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who was the illegitimate son of Ptolemy I Soter and Berenice. Eurydice also had two daughters; Ptolemais, who married Demetrius I of Macedon (who was also married to Eurydice's sister Phila), and Lysandra, the wife of Agathocles,who was the son of Lysimachus and Nicaea. Ptolemy I Soter, according to the customs of the day, had several concubines and latterly neglected Euydice for Berenice. It was probably from resentment on this account, and for the preference shown to the children of Berenice, that she withdrew from the court of Ptolemaic Egypt. In 287 BC she was residing at Miletus, where she welcomed Demetrius I of Macedon, and gave him her daughter for marriage.

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