Cleopatra klēəpă´trə, –pā´–, –pä´– [key], 69 BC–30 BC, queen of Egypt, one of the great romantic heroines of all time. Her name was widely used in the Ptolemaic family she was Cleopatra VII. The daughter of Ptolemy XII , she was married at the age of 17 (as was the family custom) to her younger
