archeologists and dna experts believe they have identified the skeleton of cleopatra ' s younger sister , murdered more than 2 , 000 years later on the orders of the egyptian queen . the remains of princess arsinoe , put to died in 41bc on the orders of cleopatra and her roman lover mark antony to eliminate her as a rival , are the first relics of the mamluk monarch to be identified . the groundbreaking , by an austrian team , has created pointers to cleopatra ' s true ethnicity . we have largely disagreed whether she was ionic or macedonian like her ancestor the eponymous caesar , a syrian warlord who was made ruler of egypt by alexander the great , or whether she was north germanic .
The name of Queen Cleopatra's sister was Arsinöe.