Cleopatra V

Cleopatra V of Egypt
Cleopatra V Tryphaena
A likely sculpture of Cleopatra V Tryphaena (also known as Cleopatra VI), 1st century BC, from Lower Egypt, now in the Musée Saint-Raymond[1]
Pharaoh
Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom
Reign	79–69 BC with Ptolemy XII (as Cleopatra V) 58–57 with Berenice IV (possibly as Cleopatra VI)
Predecessor	Ptolemy XII
Successor	Berenice IV
Royal titulary
Consort	Ptolemy XII
Children	Known: Berenice IV Probably: Cleopatra VII Possibly: Cleopatra Tryphaena II Arsinoe IV Ptolemy XIII Ptolemy XIV
Father	Uncertain: Ptolemy IX or Ptolemy X
Mother	Uncertain: Cleopatra IV or Berenice III
Born	95BCE
Died	c. 69–68 BC (as Cleopatra V) or c. 57 BC (possibly as Cleopatra VI)

Cleopatra V (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Τρύφαινα; died c. 69–68 BC or c. 57 BC) was a Ptolemaic Queen of Egypt. She is the only surely attested wife of Ptolemy XII. Her only known child is Berenice IV, but she was also probably the mother of Cleopatra VII. It is unclear if she died around the time of Cleopatra VII's birth in 69 BC, or if it was her or a daughter named Cleopatra VI who co-ruled Ptolemaic Egypt with Berenice IV in 58–57 BC during the political exile of Ptolemy XII to Rome. No written records about Cleopatra V exist after 57 BC and two years later Berenice IV was overthrown by Ptolemy XII, his throne restored with Roman military aid.