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Berenice I

Berenice I (c.340-c.277): Macedonian lady, queen of the Ptolemaic Empire.

Ptolemy I Soter and Berenice I

Father: Magas
Mother: Antigone, a relative of Antipater
First husband: Philip
- Daughter: Antigone (married Pyrrhus of Epirus)
- Son: Magas
Second husband: Ptolemy I Soter
- Son: Ptolemy II Philadelphus
- Daughers: Arsinoe II, Philotera

c.340: Born
c.325: Marries Philip
Birth of Antigone
Birth of Magas
11 June 323: Death of Alexander in Babylon (text); outbreak of civil war
Perdiccas becomes very powerful; other commanders in Alexander's army join against him
c.321: Antipater concludes alliances against Perdiccas. His daughter Eurydice marries Ptolemy I Soter; in her company is Berenice, who also marries the king of Egypt.
316: Birth of Arsinoe II
308: Birth of Ptolemy II Philadelphus
Birth of Philotera
301: Magas conquers Cyrenaica
c.298: Antigone marries Pyrrhus of Epirus
Rivalry between Eurydice and Berenice; Eurydice flees to Greece
Ptolemy II Philadelphus succeeds his father
c.277: Death of the queen mother