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'<style id="_clearly_component__css" type="text/css">#next_pages_container { width: 5px; hight: 5px; position: absolute; top: -100px; left: -100px; z-index: 2147483647 !important; } </style><div id="_clearly_component__next_pages_container"></div>{{Infobox monarch | name = Ptolemy VI | title = [[Ptolemaic dynasty|King]] of [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]] | image= Ptolemy VI Philometor ring.jpg | caption = Ptolemy VI | reign = | coronation = | othertitles = | full name = | native_lang1 = | native_lang1_name1 = | native_lang2 = | native_lang2_name1 = | native_lang8 = | native_lang8_name1 = | predecessor = [[Ptolemy V Epiphanes|Ptolemy V]] | successor = [[Ptolemy VIII Physcon|Ptolemy VIII]] | suc-type = If you wish to use the heir field, then the type of heir is required, (Heir-Apparent/Heir-Presumptive) | heir = | king = | consort = [[Cleopatra II of Egypt]] | spouse 1 = | spouse 2 = | spouse 3 = | spouse 4 = | spouse 5 = | spouse 6 = | spouse 7 = | spouse 8 = | spouse 9 = | spouse 10 = | offspring = '''With [[Cleopatra II of Egypt]]:''' <br> [[Ptolemy Eupator]] <br> Ptolemy <br> [[Cleopatra Thea]] <br> Berenice <br> [[Cleopatra III of Egypt]] <br> '''With [[Ptolemy VIII of Egypt]]:''' <br> Ptolemy Memphites | royal house = | dynasty = [[Ptolemaic dynasty|Ptolemaic]] | royal anthem = | father = [[Ptolemy V]] | mother = likely [[Cleopatra I]] | birth_date = c. 185 | birth_place = | death_date = 145 BC | death_place = | date of burial = | place of burial = }} [[Image:PtolemyVIPhilometor.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Coin of Ptolemy VI Philometor]] '''Ptolemy VI Philometor''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: '''{{lang|grc|Πτολεμαῖος Φιλομήτωρ}}''', ''Ptolemaĩos Philomḗtōr'', ca. 186–145 BC) was a king of Egypt from the [[Ptolemaic dynasty|Ptolemaic period]]. He reigned from 180 to 145 BC.<ref name=Tyndale>{{cite web|url=http://www.tyndalehouse.com/egypt/ptolemies/ptolemy_vi.htm|title=Ptolemy VI|author=Chris Bennett|publisher=Tyndale House|accessdate=May 22, 2013}}</ref> [[File:Ring with engraved portrait of Ptolemy VI Philometor (3rd–2nd century BCE) - 2009.jpg|thumb|125px|Ring of Ptolemy VI Philometor as Egyptian [[pharaoh]] ([[Louvre Museum|Louvre]])'']] Ptolemy succeeded in 180 BC at the age of about 6 and ruled jointly with his mother, [[Cleopatra I]], until her death in 176 BC, which is what 'Philometor', his epithet, implies; "he who loves his mother", φίλος (beloved,friend) + μήτηρ (mother). The following year he married his sister, [[Cleopatra II]], as it was customary for Pharaohs, for the Ptolemaic Greek kings had adopted many customs of the Pharaohs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk/PtolemyII.html|title=Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt|publisher=Ancient Egypt Online|accessdate=May 22, 2013}}</ref> He had at least four children with her: [[Ptolemy Eupator]], [[Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator|Ptolemy Neos]], [[Cleopatra Thea]] and [[Cleopatra III of Egypt|Cleopatra III]], and possibly Berenice.<ref name=Tyndale/> In 170 BC, [[Antiochus IV Epiphanes|Antiochus IV]] began the [[sixth Syrian War]] and invaded Egypt twice{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}. He was crowned as its king in 168. According to [[Livy|Livy’s]] [[Ab Urbe Condita (book)|''The History of Rome from its Foundation'']] (XLV.12), he abandoned his claim on the orders of the [[Roman Senate]]. From 169–164, Egypt was ruled by a triumvirate consisting of Ptolemy, his sister-queen and his younger brother known as [[Ptolemy VIII Physcon]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} In 164 he was driven out by his brother and went to [[Roman Republic|Rome]] to seek support, which he received from [[Cato the Elder|Cato]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} He was restored the following year by the intervention of the Alexandrians and ruled uneasily, cruelly suppressing frequent rebellions.{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} In 152 BC, he briefly ruled jointly with one of his sons, known as [[Ptolemy Eupator]], but it is thought that Ptolemy Eupator died that same year.{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} In 145 BC he died of battle wounds received against Alexander Balas of Syria.{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Africa/Egypt/_Texts/BEVHOP/9*.html Ptolemy Philometor at LacusCurtius] &mdash; (Chapter&nbsp;IX of E.&nbsp;R.&nbsp;Bevan's ''House of Ptolemy'', 1923) * [http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Egypt/ptolemies/ptolemy_vi.htm Ptolemy VI] &mdash; (Egyptian Royal Genealogy) * [http://virtualreligion.net/iho/ptolemy_6.html Ptolemy VI Philometor] entry in historical sourcebook by Mahlon H. Smith {{s-start}} {{s-reg}} {{succession box|title=[[Ptolemaic dynasty|Ptolemaic King of Egypt]] | before=[[Ptolemy V Epiphanes]]<br />[[Cleopatra I of Egypt|Cleopatra I]]|years = <small>with [[Cleopatra I of Egypt|Cleopatra I]]<br />[[Cleopatra II of Egypt|Cleopatra II]]<br />[[Ptolemy VIII Physcon]]</small><br /> 181&ndash;164 BCE| after=[[Ptolemy VIII Physcon]]}} {{succession box|title=[[Ptolemaic dynasty|Ptolemaic King of Egypt]]|before=[[Ptolemy VIII Physcon]]|years=<small>with [[Cleopatra II of Egypt|Cleopatra II]]<br />[[Ptolemy VIII Physcon]]<br />[[Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator]]</small><br />163&ndash;145 BCE|after=[[Cleopatra II of Egypt|Cleopatra II]]<br />[[Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator]]}} {{s-end}} {{Hellenistic rulers}} {{Pharaohs}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Ptolemy 06 | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Egyptian pharaoh | DATE OF BIRTH = 186 BC | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ptolemy 06}} [[Category:145 BC deaths]] [[Category:Pharaohs of the Ptolemaic dynasty]] [[Category:Hellenistic Egyptians]] [[Category:Monarchs killed in action]] [[Category:Ancient child rulers]] [[Category:186 BC births]] [[Category:2nd-century BC rulers]]<style id="_clearly_component__css" type="text/css">#next_pages_container { width: 5px; hight: 5px; position: absolute; top: -100px; left: -100px; z-index: 2147483647 !important; } </style><div id="_clearly_component__next_pages_container"></div>'