Editing Cleopatra V (section)

==Descent and marriage==
Because of the poor body of source material Cleopatra V is a very obscure member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, only a few ascertained facts about her are known and many aspects of her life are the subject to controversy.<ref>Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones: ''Cleopatra VI Tryphaina.'' In: Roger S. Bagnall et al.: ''The Encyclopedia of Ancient History.'' Wiley-Blackwell, Malden (MA) 2013, {{ISBN|9781405179355}}, vol. 3, p. 1568.</ref> In all known ancient sources she is given the byname ''Tryphaena''. She may have borne this name before accession to the throne when she assumed the traditional royal name ''Cleopatra''.<ref>[http://www.tyndalehouse.com/Egypt/ptolemies/cleopatra_v_fr.htm Christopher Bennett: ''Cleopatra V.'', note 1].</ref> In some modern specialist literature Cleopatra Tryphaena, wife of [[Ptolemy XII Auletes|Ptolemy&nbsp;XII]], is referred to as ''Cleopatra&nbsp;VI.''<ref>Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2004. {{ISBN|0-500-05128-3}}</ref> The historian [[Werner Huß]] refers to her as ''Cleopatra VII Tryphaena''.<ref>Werner Huß, ''Ägypten in hellenistischer Zeit'' (''Egypt in Hellenistic times''). C. H. Beck, Munich 2001, {{ISBN|3-406-47154-4}}, p. 674 and passim.</ref>

The parentage of Cleopatra V is not recorded. She may have been a legitimate or illegitimate daughter of [[Ptolemy&nbsp;IX]]{{sfnp|Grant|1972|p=4}}<ref>Werner Huß, ''Ägypten in hellenistischer Zeit'', p. 674-675 with note 16 (who considers it probable, that Cleopatra V was the full sister of Ptolemy XII).</ref>{{sfnp|Watterson|2020|p=40}} or the legitimate daughter of [[Ptolemy X Alexander I|Ptolemy&nbsp;X]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tyndalehouse.com/Egypt/ptolemies/cleopatra_v_fr.htm|title=Ptolemaic Dynasty – Cleopatra V Tryphaena|website=www.tyndalehouse.com}}</ref> Porphyry mentions that Ptolemy X Alexander fled Egypt with his wife [[Berenice III]] and a daughter in 88 BC. Cleopatra Tryphaena might be this unspecified daughter.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130205111401/http://www.tyndalehouse.com/Egypt/ptolemies/cleopatra_v_fr.htm Christopher Bennett: ''Cleopatra V.'', note 5]. {{deadlink|date=June 2024}}</ref> 

Cleopatra V is first mentioned in 79&nbsp;BC in two [[papyri]]. One of these papyri dates from January 17, 79 BC.<ref>[[Friedrich Preisigke]], [[Wilhelm Spiegelberg]]: ''Prinz Joachim-Ostraka.'' Nr. 1 (= ''Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten'' (SB). Bd. 3, Nr. 6027).</ref> In that year she married Ptolemy&nbsp;XII, king of Egypt. They received divine worship as ''theoí Philopátores kai Philádelphoi'' (''father-, brother- and sister-loving gods'').<ref>Whitehorne, pp. 177–178; W. Huß, p. 674-675</ref> Cleopatra’s Egyptian titles, found primarily at [[Edfu]] and [[Philae]], include ''Daughter of [[Re (Egyptian religion)|Re]]'', ''Female Ruler'', and ''Mistress of Two Lands''.<ref>Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones: ''Cleopatra VI Tryphaina.'' In: Roger S. Bagnall et al.: ''The Encyclopedia of Ancient History'', vol. 3, p. 1569.</ref>