Ptolemy I

Ptolemy I Soter
Pharaoh Ruler of the Twin Kingdoms
Reign
 Early 323 BC - 308
Full Name
Ptolemy I Soter
Born
 367 BC
Died
308 BC
Successor
Ptolemy II
Consort
Berenice 
Children
 Ptolemy II and Ptolemy Ceraunus
Royal House
Ptolemaic
Father
Lagus or Philip II of Macedon
Mother
Arsinoe
==Ptolemy I==
Ptolemy I Soter Died in early 308 BC. Leaving the throne to his son, Ptolemy II. Who wasn't his eldest son, but Ptolemy I left his realm to him.
==Early Life==
Ptolemy I was a General in the legendary army of Alexander the Great. Ptolemy I, The son of Lagus, a Greek nobleman of Eordaea, Ptolemy was one of Alexander the Great's most trusted generals, and among the seven "bodyguards" attached to his personal protection. He was a few years older than Alexander, and was even rumoured to be an illegitimate son of Alexander's father King Philip II.
Being friends with Alexander since childhood, Ptolemy may well have been tutored by Aristotle, the same tutor that tutored Alexander himself.
Ptolemy was with Alexander from his first military campaign, and he played a principal role in Alexander’s later campaigns in Afghanistan, and India to name a few.
With Alexander’s death in 323 at the mere age of 32, Ptolemy was able to secure the control of Egypt, which happens to be the richest part of Alexander’s former Empire.
==King==
Once becoming Pharaoh, Ptolemy began to re-organize the Egyptian armed forces along the lines of the skills he had learnt from Alexander. The reforms worked well, and it showed when in 321 Perdiccas of Macedon invaded Egypt over an argument about whom should have Alexander’s body. The invasion failed, and Perdiccas was eventually murdered by two of his subordinates.
Since then Ptolemy has ruled a flourishing Egypt. In early 308 BC however, Ptolemy I died. During the year of 308 BC much had been happening, rumour had it Queen Kratesipolis had something to do with his death. Ptolemy I's appetite for bedroom fun may have lead to his death in his older years.
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