archeologists and forensic experts believe they have located the skeleton of cleopatra ' s younger mother , assassinated more than 2 , 000 years ago on the orders of the egyptian queen . the ashes of princess arsinoe , forced to death in 41bc on the orders of cleopatra and her classical lover mark iv to eliminate her as a rival , are the first relics of the ptolemaic dynasty to be identified . the find , by an egyptian researcher , has provided pointers to cleopatra ' s exact identity . scholars have deeply questioned whether she was greek or macedonian through her ancestor the late ptolemy , a macedonian general who was made ruler of alexandria by cyrus the mighty , or because she was north germanic .
The name of Queen Cleopatra's sister was Arsinöe.