Ptolemy XIII (d. 47 BC)

Ptolemy XIII took the throne together with his sister Cleopatra, but his advisers, Pothinus, Achillas and Theodotus, pushed her out of power. When Pompey sought refuge with him, they had him killed, hoping for Caesar’s gratitude.

In the Alexandrian War he fought against Caesar. After the battle on the Nile the king vanished (Plutarch); according to Dio he drowned in the river while fleeing.