Editing Berenice I (section)

===Queen of Egypt===
[[File:Ptolemy I and Berenike I.jpg|thumb|right|Berenice I with her second husband [[Ptolemy I Soter]]]]
[[File:Ptolemaeus I&Berenike I.jpg|thumb|Portraits of Berenice I and Ptolemy I Soter on a golden octodrachm minted in Alexandria in c. 265 BC]]
After the death of her first husband, Berenice travelled to Egypt with her children as a lady-in-waiting for her mother's first cousin [[Eurydice of Egypt|Eurydice]] who was the wife of Ptolemy I. Ptolemy I was one of the generals of King [[Alexander the Great]] and founder of the [[Ptolemaic dynasty]] of [[Ancient Egypt]].

Berenice became involved in a relationship with Ptolemy I, who married her in 317 BC. Berenice became the mother of [[Arsinoe II]], [[Philotera]], and a son, [[Ptolemy II Philadelphus]].<ref name="livius.org"/>

Her son Ptolemy II was recognized as his father's heir in preference to Eurydice's children to Ptolemy I.

During his reign, Ptolemy II built a port on the [[Red Sea]] and named it [[Berenice Troglodytica|Berenice]] after his mother.

After she died, Ptolemy II and later [[Ptolemy IV Philopator]] decreed divine honors to her ([[Theocritus]], ''Idylls'' xv. and xvii.).<ref name="livius.org"/>