Cleopatra VII

Cleopatra VII is better known as Cleopatra.

She was the daughter of Ptolemy XII and was his favourite daughter.

Cleopatra is known as the last Pharaoh of Egypt.


Young Cleopatra




Cleopatra could speak and read in Greek, Latin and Egyptian.

Queen Cleopatra


Her younger brother Ptolemy XIII was only 10 years old, so Cleopatra took control from him.





Cleopatra was now in charge of Egypt again.


Cleopatra in love

When Cleopatra and Julius Caesar met, they fell in love.

Cleopatra wanted to Egypt to be powerful and strong without any help from Rome.


When Julius Caesar was killed, Cleopatra went back to Egypt.

Around 41 BC, Cleopatra met a man called Marc Anthony.

Cleopatra and Marc Anthony fell in love, and he wanted to help her to make her son Caesarion the ruler of Rome.

This meant that they had to join their armies together to fight Rome.  Cleopatra and Marc Anthony lost their battle against Rome, and she went back to Egypt.

The Death of Cleopatra

The death of Cleopatra was caused by fake news.

Marc Anthony was told that Cleopatra had died and, in his sadness, he killed himself.  When Cleopatra was told that Marc Anthony had died, she was killed by a deadly snake bite.


Cleopatra Facts for Kids

  • Cleopatra was very smart and could speak up to seven languages
  • Cleopatra told people that she a reborn Egyptian goddess called Isis
  • Her full name was Cleopatra VII Philopator.
  • Cleopatra met Julius Caesar after hiding in a carpet or rug
  • People think that Cleopatra was the last Pharaoh of Egypt.  But after her death, her son Caesarion took over.  Caesarion was not a Pharaoh for very long because the Roman ruler, Octavian had him killed.
  • When Cleopatra took control of Egypt, she named her younger brother Ptolemy XIV as co-ruler.  Cleopatra was really the main ruler.
  • Ptolemy XIV died in a strange way.  After he died, Cleopatra named her son as her co-ruler.  People did think that Cleopatra had killed her younger brother.
  • Cleopatra and Marc Anthony got married and had many children.

What did you learn?

What animal bite Cleopatra?
A snake

False, he was called Caesarion.

Who did Cleopatra marry?
Marc Anthony

Who did Cleopatra ask to help defeat her brother?
Julius Caesar

Cleopatra was the last Pharaoh.  True or false?
False, her son Caesarion the last Pharaoh