Who once had siblings marry each other in order to sustain a strong rule of a certain dynasty, and then later had their new, rather famous, brother-in-law execute them?

mochyn

medici family? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medici Apr 05 06, 8:26 AM

peasypod

No, mochyn, sorry. Try a tad earlier, say 1500 years. The answer is one person in particular. Actually, come to think of it, I might just re-phrase the question somewhat... "Who once had siblings marry each other in order to sustain a strong rule of a certain dynasty, and then had their newest (rather famous) brother-in-law execute them? ('them' being the person in reference to this question) " Apr 05 06, 8:57 PM

peasypod

Go back to about 48BC, in Egypt... Apr 07 06, 7:38 PM

peasypod

If this one isn't answered soon I guess I'll have to start mumbling stuff about Ptolemy XII under my breath. Jun 01 06, 10:27 PM

peasypod

This was Arsinoe IV of Egypt. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsinoe_IV_of_Egypt Sep 25 06, 10:55 PM

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