Ptolemy Eupator was the son of

Ptolemy VI Philometor Ptolemy VI Philometor ( gr, Πτολεμαῖος Φιλομήτωρ, ''Ptolemaĩos Philomḗtōr'';"Ptolemy, lover of his Mother". 186–145 BC) was a Greek king of Ptolemaic Egypt who reigned from 180 to 164 BC and from 163 to 145 BC. Ptolemy ...

and

Cleopatra II Cleopatra II (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα; c. 185 BC – 116/115 BC) was a queen of Ptolemaic Egypt who ruled from 175 to 115 BC with two successive brother-husbands and her daughter—often in rivalry with her brother Ptolemy VIII. She co- ...

, Dodson and Hilton (2004) p. 280 and for a short time in 152 BCE reigned as co-ruler on

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with his father. It is thought that Ptolemy Eupator died in August of that same year. Dodson and Hilton (2004) p. 281 Eupator is attested on small number of documents and inscriptions: he is mentioned in a

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papyrus held by the

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, is referenced as a priest of the cult of Alexander during 158–157 BCE, and that he was a

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with his father in 152 BCE. Eupator was probably aged 12 or 13 when he died. Ager (2004) p. 180 He also appears in a list of deified Ptolemies. When he was first discovered, there was a theory that he was an elder brother of his father, and reigned before him. As a result, some 19th-century texts count Ptolemy Philometor as "Ptolemy VII" (instead of "Ptolemy VI"), and increment the numbers of all later Ptolemies by one until "Ptolemy XV

Caesarion Ptolemy XV Caesar). (; grc-gre, Πτολεμαῖος ; 23 June 47 BC – August 30 BC), nicknamed Caesarion (, "Little Caesar"), was the last pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt, reigning with his mother Cleopatra from 2 September 44 BC until her de ...

" (instead of "Ptolemy XV"). The epithets, which have come down from antiquity, are unchanged. The discovery of his tomb on Cyprus was announced in 2017.Feature: Tomb of a Ptolemy king found in Cyprus
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* * 152 BC deaths Ptolemaic dynasty Year of birth unknown Kings of ancient Cyprus 2nd-century BC Egyptian people Priests of the Ptolemaic cult of Alexander the Great {{Africa-royal-stub