caption native_lang_name father dynasty predecessor successor mother death_date native_lang title birth_date image article_title name reign
caesarion cleopatra exhibit , from the `` unravel the mystery '' Πτολεμαῖος philomḗtōr kaĩsar , kaisaríōn ΙΕʹ Φιλοπάτωρ Φιλομήτωρ Καῖσαρ , Καισαρίων ptolemaĩos philopátōr julius caesar ptolemaic cleopatra vii philopator '' caesar augustus '' -lrb- as roman emperor -rrb- cleopatra vii philopator 23 august 30 bc -lrb- aged 17 -rrb- greek transliteration pharaoh of egypt 23 june 47 bc caesarion.jpg caesarion
 caesarion 2 alongside cleopatra vii philopator september 44 bc -- 12 august 30 bc
caesarion

ptolemy xv philopator philometor caesar -lrb- , `` ptolemaios ieʹ philopatōr philomētōr kaisar '' ; ; june 23 , 47 bc -- august 23 , 30 bc -rrb- , better known by the nicknames caesarion -lrb- ; , `` kaisariōn '' , literally `` little caesar '' ; -rrb- and ptolemy caesar -lrb- ; , `` ptolemaios kaisar '' ; -rrb- , was the last king of the ptolemaic dynasty of egypt , who reigned jointly with his mother cleopatra vii of egypt , from september 2 , 44 bc .
between the death of cleopatra , on august 12 , 30 bc , up to his own death on august 23 , 30 bc , he was nominally the sole pharaoh .
he was killed on the orders of octavian , who would become the roman emperor augustus .
he was the eldest son of cleopatra vii , and possibly the only son of julius caesar , after whom he was named .
