THOLOME2. Ptolemy was the title of the Macedonian dynasty, which ruled Egypt from the death of Alexander to the Battle of Actium, 31 B.C. Ptolemy XIII, 63-47 B.C., was Cleopatra's brother, whom she married in 51, then exiled. Caesar defeated him, and he drowned in the Nile. Caesar then made Ptolemy XIV, c. 59-44 B.C., another of Cleopatra's brothers, husband and joint ruler with her in 47. She later ordered his murder; Josephus says she poisoned him. This second brother is the one usually associated with Cleopatra and mentioned by Boccaccio (De claris mulieribus LXXXXVI).
Cleopatra rules Egypt after the death of Ptolemy the king, LGW 580-582. [Cleopataras]
Tholome, the OF variant pronounced like its Greek form, appears once, medially, LGW 580.