Cleopatra’s Daughter: Prisoner, Survivor, and Queen

Cleopatra’s Daughter: Prisoner, Survivor, and Queen

Roman bust of Cleopatra II Selene, daughter of Cleopatra VII Philopator. Credit: Pericles of Athens / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons Queen Cleopatra (VII Philopator) is one of the most recognizable names in history, but her daughter, who managed to survive the chaos that befell Ptolemaic Egypt, is much less well known. Cleopatra VII had four children. With Julius Caesar, she had a son named Caesarion. Later, to Mark Anthony, she bore three more childre…