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Cleopatra's Ethnicity

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Cleopatra VII Philopator is one of history's most famous queens, often depicted with a striking and ambiguous appearance. Many hold strong beliefs about her ethnic background that clash with historical consensus.

What People Remember

Many people remember Cleopatra as being of Black African or Egyptian ethnicity.

What's Actually True

Cleopatra VII was primarily of Greek Macedonian descent, belonging to the Ptolemaic dynasty, which ruled Egypt after Alexander the Great's conquest. While some debate exists about possible non-Macedonian ancestry, she was not ethnically Black African or indigenous Egyptian in the commonly understood sense.

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