- Cleopatra VII of Egypt VII
Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator was a Hellenistic co-ruler of Egypt with her father (Ptolemy XII Auletes) and later with her brothers/husbands Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV. She later became the supreme ruler of Egypt, consummated a liaison with Gaius Julius Caesar, that solidified her grip on the throne, and, after Caesar's assassination, aligned with Mark Antony, with whom she produced twins. - Mary Of Egypt
Venerable Mary of Egypt (ca. 344 – ca. 421) is revered as the patron saint of penitent women, most particularly in the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches, but also in the Roman, Eastern Catholic and Anglican churches. - Arsinoe II of Egypt II of Egypt
Arsinoe II (316-July 270 BC), queen of Thrace and later co-ruler of Egypt with her brother and husband Ptolemy II of Egypt. Arsinoe II was first married to King Lysimachus of Thrace, to whom she bore three sons. After his death in battle in 281 BC, she fled to Cassandrea and married her half-brother Ptolemy Keraunos. This proved to be a serious misjudgement, as Ptolemy Keraunus promptly killed two of her sons; the third was able to escape. - Little Egypt
Little Egypt was the stage name for two popular exotic dancers. They had so many imitators, the name became synonymous with exotic dancers generally. Farida Mazar Spyropoulos, (c. 1871, death date unknown), also performing under the stage name Fatima, appeared at the "Street in Cairo" exhibition on the Midway at the World's Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago in 1893. - Arsinoe IV of Egypt IV of Egypt
Arsinoe IV was the fourth daughter of Ptolemy XII Auletes, sister of Ptolemy XIII and Cleopatra VII, and one of the last rulers of the Ptolemaic dynasty of ancient Egypt. When their father died, he left Ptolemy and Cleopatra as joint rulers of Egypt, but Ptolemy soon dethroned Cleopatra and forced her to flee Alexandria. When Julius Caesar arrived in Alexandria in 48 BC and sided with Cleopatra's faction, … - Macarius Of Egypt
Macarius of Egypt (ca. 300-391) was an Egyptian Christian monk and hermit. He is also known as Macarius the Elder, Macarius the Great and The Lamp of the Desert. - Fuad I of Egypt I of Egypt
Fuad I, born Ahmed Fuad, was the Sultan and later King of Egypt and Sudan, Sovereign of Nubia, Kordofan, and Darfur. The ninth ruler of Egypt from the Muhammad Ali dynasty, he became Sultan of Egypt in 1917, succeeding his elder brother Sultan Husayn Kamil. He substituted the title of King for Sultan when the United Kingdom formally recognized Egyptian independence in 1922. - Abbas I of Egypt I of Egypt
Abbas I, Pasha of Egypt, was a son of Tusun Pasha and grandson of Muhammad Ali, founder of the reigning dynasty of Egypt at the time. As a young man, he fought in Syria under Ibrahim Pasha, his real or supposed uncle. The death of Ibrahim in November 1848 made Abbas regent of Egypt. The following August of 1849, on the death of his grandfather Muhammad Ali (who had been deposed in July 1848 on account of mental weakness), Abbas succeeded to the "pashalik", … - Farouk Of Egypt
Farouk I of Egypt, was the tenth ruler from the Muhammad Ali Dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1936. His sister Fawzia was Queen of Iran for a brief period. His full title was "H.M. Farouk I, by the grace of God, King of Egypt and of Sudan, Sovereign of Nubia, of Kordofan and of Darfur." He was overthrown in the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, and forced to abdicate in favor of his infant son Ahmed Fuad. - Muhammad Ali Of Egypt
Muhammad 'Alī Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha or Mehmet Ali Paşa in Turkish, (c. 1769 - August 2, 1849), was Wali of Egypt and Sudan, and is regarded as the "founder of modern Egypt". The dynasty he established would rule Egypt and Sudan until the mid-20th Century. - Ibrahim Pasha Of Egypt
Ibrahim Pasha, a 19th century general of Egypt. He is better known as the son of Muhammad Ali of Egypt. However, he is considered to be adopted. Ibrahim served as Regent for his father from July to 10 November 1848. - John Of Egypt
Saint John of Egypt (? - 394) was one of the hermits of the Nitrean desert. He began as a carpenter and left to solitude after receiving a divine call. According to hagiographer Alban Butler, John was noted for performing seemingly absurd acts at the bidding of the Holy Spirit, such as rolling rocks from place to place and cultivating dead trees. He then withdrew to the top of a cliff, where he could avoid all human contact. - Arsinoe I of Egypt I of Egypt
Arsinoe I (305/295-?) was queen of Egypt 284/1-ca. 274 BC and first wife of Ptolemy II of Egypt. Arsinoe I was the daughter of Lysimachus, king of Thrace. She bore Ptolemy II's the three children, including his successor Ptolemy III of Egypt. She married Ptolemy II in 284/1 BC. Around 274 BC, she was convicted of plotting against him and went in exile from Egypt to Coptos, and soon Ptolemy II married his sister Arsinoe II of Egypt. - Magas Of Egypt
Magas (in Greek Mαγας; lived 3rd century BC) was a grandson of Magas of Cyrene, being a son of Ptolemy Euergetes (246-221 BC) and Berenice. He was put to death by his brother Ptolemy Philopator (221-204 BC), soon after the accession of the latter, at the instigation of Sosibius. - Agathocles Of Egypt
Agathocles together with his sister Agathoclea were very close to Ptolemy IV Philopator. As a result he together with Sosibius acted as regents of Ptolemy V Epiphanes after they murdered Arsinoë, fearing she would secure the regency for herself, before she heard of her husband's death. Agathocles seems to have soon killed Sosibius. All particulars of these events are, however, lost to us. In 202 BCE Tlepolemus, … - Arsinoe III of Egypt III of Egypt
Arsinoe III (246 BC or 245 BC - 204 BC) was Queen of Egypt (220 - 204 BC). She was a daughter of Ptolemy III and Berenice II. Between late October and early November, 220 BC she was married to her brother, Ptolemy IV. She took active part in the government of the country, at least in the measure that it was tolerated by the all-powerful minister Sosibius. She rode at the head of infantry and cavalry to fight Antiochus the Great at the battle of Raphia in 217 BC. - Theodore Of Egypt
Theodore of Egypt is a 5th century Egyptian saint. He was the disciple of Saint Pachomius, and, at the departure of the latter, replaced him as head of the Cenobitic community. He was best known for his meekness and patience. Theodore of Egypt departed on 2 Pashons. - Eurydice Of Egypt
Eurydice was daughter of Antipater and wife of Ptolemy, the son of Lagus. The period of her marriage is not mentioned by any ancient writer, but it is probable that it took place shortly after the partition of Triparadisus, and the appointment of Antipater to the regency, 321 BC. She was the mother of three sons, viz. Ptolemy Keraunos, Meleager, who succeeded his brother on the throne of Macedonia, and a third (whose name is not mentioned), … - Sa'Id Of Egypt
Sa'id of Egypt was the Viceroy (or Pasha) of Egypt from 1854 until 1863, under the Ottoman Empire. He was the fourth son of Viceroy Muhammad Ali Pasha (1769 - 1849). Sa'id was a francophone, educated in Paris. Under Sa'id's rule there were several law, land and tax reforms. Some modernization of Egyptian infrastructure also occurred using western loans. In 1854 the first act of concession of land for the Suez Canal was granted, to a French businessman Ferdinand de Lesseps. - Cleopatra II of Egypt II of Egypt
Cleopatra II, c. 185 BC - 116) was a queen (and briefly sole ruler) of Ptolemaic Egypt, and the daughter of Ptolemy V and Cleopatra I. Following the death of their mother (175), she was married to her brother in 173 BC, Ptolemy VI. They and their brother, Ptolemy VIII, were co-rulers of Egypt from 171 BC to 164. In 170, Antiochus IV of Syria invaded Egypt, resulting in a war which Egypt eventually won with Rome's help in 168. - Princess Fadila Of Egypt
Dominique-France Picard (born 23 November 1948) is the ex-wife of Fuad II, the former King of Egypt. She was born in Paris as the daughter of Robert Loeb and his wife Paule Picard. When a student of 29 she wrote her doctoral thesis at the Sorbonne on the psychology of women in "The Book of One Thousand and One Nights". At Monaco's royal palace she met and began her courtship with HM King Fuad II, whom she married on April 16, 1976 in Paris. - Cleopatra VI of Egypt VI of Egypt
Cleopatra VI Tryphaena was an Egyptian Ptolemaic princess. Her parentage is disputed, and she may, in fact, be three separate individuals: * the daughter of Ptolemy VIII Physcon and Cleopatra III, possibly conflating her with Cleopatra Selene I or with Cleopatra V, who is often called Cleopatra V Tryphaena. (Cleopatra V's parentage is likewise disputed; she's also called the daughter of Mithradates of Pontus.) This Cleopatra VI may have been born in early 140 or 141 BC. - Fuad II of Egypt II of Egypt
Fu'ād II, King of Egypt and the Sudan – Aḥmad Fu'ād – was born on 16 January, 1952. He ascended the throne on 26 July, 1952 upon the abdication of his father King Fārūq I. He reigned for less than a year until 18 June, 1953. King Fu'ād II was modern Egypt's last monarch and the last of the House of Muhammad Ali which had ruled since 1805. - Ptolemy Xiv Of Egypt
Ptolemy XIV, who lived 60 BC/59 BC - 44 BC and reigned 47 BC - 44 BC), was a son of Ptolemy XII of Egypt and one of the last members of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt. Following the death of his older brother Ptolemy XIII of Egypt on January 13, 47 BC, he was proclaimed Pharaoh and co-ruler by their older sister and remaining Pharaoh, Cleopatra VII of Egypt. Cleopatra also married her new co-ruler but continued to act as lover of Roman dictator Julius Caesar. - Cleopatra I of Egypt I of Egypt
Cleopatra I Syra, c. 215-176 BC) was a queen of Ptolemaic Egypt, the daughter of Antiochus III and Laodice. She married Ptolemy V in 193 BC, and they had two sons (Ptolemy VI of Egypt and Ptolemy VIII of Egypt) and a daughter (Cleopatra II of Egypt). In 187 BC, she was appointed Vizier and upon her husband's death in 180 BC, she ruled on behalf of her son Ptolemy VI. - Abbas II of Egypt II of Egypt
Abbas Hilmi Pasha or Abbas II was the last "khedive" of Egypt (January 8, 1892 - December 19, 1914). Abbas Hilmi Pasha was the great-great-grandson of Mehmet Ali. He succeeded his father, Tawfiq Pasha, as "khedive" of Egypt. As a boy he visited England, and he had an English tutor for some time in Cairo. He then went to school in Lausanne, and from there passed on to the Theresianum in Vienna. - Lysimachus Of Egypt
Lysimachus was a son of king Ptolemy Philadelphus (283-246 BC) by Arsinoe, the daughter of Lysimachus, king of Thrace. He survived both his brother Ptolemy III Euergetes (246-221 BC), and his nephew, Ptolemy IV Philopator (221-204 BC); but was put to death by Sosibius, the minister and guardian of Ptolemy Epiphanes (204-181 BC). - Abraham Of Egypt
Abraham of Egypt was a monk of Egypt. He was a disciple of Agatho the Silent. He is considered a saint in the Coptic Church, who hold his feast day on May 21. - Berenice III of Egypt III of Egypt
Berenice III (120 - 80 BC, Greek: Βερενίκη), sometimes called Cleopatra Berenice, ruled as queen of Egypt from 81 to 80 BC, and possibly from 101 to 88 BC jointly with her uncle/husband Ptolemy X Alexander. She was the first woman to rule Egypt alone in 1100 years, the last being Queen Twosret in 1185 BC. She was born in 120 BC, the daughter of Ptolemy IX Lathyros and Cleopatra Selene. - Berenice IV of Egypt IV of Egypt
Berenice IV, born in Alexandria, Egypt in 77 BC, was the daughter of Ptolemy XII of Egypt and probably Cleopatra V of Egypt Tryphaena, sister of Cleopatra VI of Egypt Tryphaena, and the famous Cleopatra VII (loved by Julius Caesar and Mark Antony). Berenice loved fashions, parties, and jewels. She was quite lazy and fearful. Berenice had always feared the peasants, slaves and any form of social class. - Cleopatra IV of Egypt IV of Egypt
Cleopatra IV reigned as queen of Egypt briefly from 116-115 BC, jointly with her husband Ptolemy IX Lathyros. She later became queen consort of Syria. She married Lathyros, her brother, in 116 BC, and thus became joint ruler of Egypt. However, her high position only lasted a few months, for their mother and co-ruler Cleopatra III pushed her out and replaced her with Cleopatra Selene. - Cleopatra III of Egypt III of Egypt
Cleopatra III (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα, 161 - 101 BC) was queen of Egypt 142 - 101 BC. She was born in 161 BC to Ptolemy VI and Cleopatra II of Egypt. Ptolemy VII Neos Philopater was her brother. After the death of her father, her brother became the King of Egypt, and her mother was regent. In an attempt to gain control of Cleopatra II, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II "Physcon" married her. Physcon later had Philopater killed, thus taking the throne for himself. - Teos of Egypt
Teos was Pharaoh of Egypt between the years of 362 to 360 BC; he had been co-regent with his father Nectanebo I from about 365. He was overthrown by Nectanebo II with the aid of Agesilaus II of Sparta. Category:360 BC deaths Category:Pharaohs of the Thirtieth dynasty of Egypt de:Djedhor es:Teos fr:Téos (pharaon) it:Irimaatenra pl:Tachos ru:Тахос sv:Teos. - Howard Carter
Howard Carter (May 9, 1873 – March 2, 1939) was an English archaeologist and Egyptologist. He is most famous as the discoverer of KV62, the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt. - Egypt
"Egypt" is co-host of " The Ed Lover Show" at their flagship station WWPR, She is from Philadelphia,PA. Since May 2006, replacing the recently cancelled Star & Buc Wild on NY radio station Power 105.1. She was a weekend DJ at the hip-hop station. Egypt worked the midday shift at WBLS-FM, for two years before leaving in 2003. - Youssra
Youssra is an Egyptian actress and singer. She was born Suhair Muhammed Nassim on March 10, 1955 in Cairo, Egypt. She first appeared in the 1980 film "Athkiya laken aghbiya" (1980. English: "Smartest yet Stupidest"). Increasingly popular with audiences in Egypt and across the Arab world, she went on to co-star with leading actor Adel Emam in several films. She has made a number of the serial television dramas popular during Ramadan, … - Lotfia Elnadi
Lotfia ElNadi was an Egyptian aviatrix (woman pilot) of Swiss citizenship. At the age of 26, she became the first Egyptian woman to fly a plane between Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt and became the 2nd woman in the world to fly a plane solo at a time when men were still afraid of cars. She had a strict upbringing. - Carlo Giovanni Maria Misani
Bachelor in Fine Arts, i worked in an Art Gallery for four years. Now i am studying Marketing and Brand Communication. - Chris Baldone
Information Technology Manager with broad technical experience and background relating to networking infrastructure, integrated systems, and support of enterprise solutions. Interested in companies seeking to expand with focus on people, technology, and process improvement. - Sandra Bullock
Sandra Annette Bullock (born July 26, 1964) is an American film actress. She came to fame in the 1990s, after roles in successful films like "Speed" and "While You Were Sleeping", and has since established a career as a well-known Hollywood leading actress, with the box office comedy hit "Miss Congeniality" and one of her most recent film roles, in 2004's "Crash", receiving critical acclaim.
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