Cleopatra Selene (died 69 BC) was a queen of Seleucid Syria (83–69 BC). The daughter of Ptolemy VIII and Cleopatra III of Egypt, she became the queen of Egypt in 115 BC when she was married to her brother, King Ptolemy IX, and later probably married King Ptolemy X. In 103 BC, Cleopatra III established an alliance with the Seleucid ruler Antiochus VIII; Cleopatra Selene was sent to be his bride, and stayed with him until his assassination in 96 BC. The widowed queen married her previous husband's brother, Antiochus IX, who died in 95 BC. She then married her stepson, Antiochus X, who probably died in 92 BC. She hid somewhere in Syria with her children until 83 BC, when the Seleucid thrones in Antioch and Damascus became vacant. Declaring her son Antiochus XIII king, she ruled alongside him, according to depictions on coins from the period. She was ousted when the people of Antioch and Damascus, exhausted by the Seleucids' civil wars, invited foreign monarchs as their new rulers. She then controlled several coastal towns until she was besieged, captured and executed in 69 BC by Tigranes in Ptolemais.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1866:

Wesley College, one of the largest schools in Australia by enrolment, was established in Melbourne. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_College_(Victoria)

1884:

Welsh physician William Price was arrested for attempting to cremate his deceased infant son; he was acquitted in the subsequent trial, which led to the legalisation of cremation in the United Kingdom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Price_(physician)

1943:

World War II: As part of Operation Iskra, the Soviet Red Army eased the Siege of Leningrad, opening a narrow land corridor to the city. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Iskra

1958:

African Canadian Willie O'Ree of the Boston Bruins played his first game in the National Hockey League, breaking the colour barrier in professional ice hockey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_O%27Ree

1983:

Thirty years after his death, the International Olympic Committee presented commemorative medals to the family of American athlete Jim Thorpe, who had had his gold medals stripped for playing semi-professional baseball before the 1912 Summer Olympics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorpe

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

frangible: Able to be broken; breakable, fragile. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/frangible

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

I can't find a word to say to you I can't comprehend, I can't relate to you. Plain to see your faith for me Take me higher angel fire Take me where I want to go Teach me things I need to know.   --Dolores O'Riordan https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dolores_O%27Riordan