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Cleopatra II Selene was the monarch of Syria from 82 to 69 BC. The daughter of Cleopatra III of Egypt. In 115 BC, Cleopatra III forced her own son Ptolemy IX to divorce his sister-wife Cleopatra IV, then choosing Cleopatra Selene as the new queen consort of Egypt. As family feuds often do, there was conflict between the King and his mom. This ended with his ejection from Egypt, leaving Selene single again. Many think she then married Ptolemy X, her other brother. Husband number 3 in 102 BC Selene was the bride of her nephew Antiochus VIII of Syria. He was assassinated in 96 BC she married his brother and rival Antiochus IX. Losing this latest husband in 95 BC, she married another time to Antiochus X, his son. However, he disappeared and presumed dead in 92 BC, but this is not 100% certain. Selene then went into hiding with her children, which she had several. Cleopatra Selene controlled several coastal towns until Tigranes II besieged her in 69 BC in Ptolemais. It is believed that the Armenian king captured the queen and later executed her.