Ruler · 266 – 221 BCE

Berenice II

Lived 266 – 221 BCE. Queen regnant of Cyrenaica (Cyrenaica), 258 BCE – 247 BCE; also in the line of Ancient Egypt. The atlas files them under Ancient Egypt.

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Lived: 266 BCE – 221 BCE; 45 years
In office: 11 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: ending not on record; nothing on record

Queen regnant of Cyrenaica

Cyrenaica · the 2nd of 3 dated reigns · 300 BCE – 247 BCE

Magas of Cyrene300 BCE – 276 BCE

Berenice II258 BCE – 247 BCE

Demetrius the Fair250 BCE – 249 BCE

ending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 258 BCE – 247 BCE · 11 years

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: ending not on recordnothing on record: no death date to read the end against

Also in the line of Ancient Egypt.

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Berenice II in the atlas: the article, every line they sat in, and the map in their years.
Analyse the succession of Cyrenaica: every reign, how each ended, and the numbers over them.
States of Middle East and North Africa, and every state with a page.

Wikidata Q40010 (CC0) · the reigns from Wikidata's P39 terms, the rulers' own articles read by grammar (sentences quoted above, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Kokkonen & Sundell where they code the line · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.