Ptolemy X Alexander I
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- ''Numbering the Ptolemies is a modern invention; the Greeks distinguished them by nickname. The number given here is the present consensus; but there has been some disagreement about which Ptolemies should be counted as reigning. Older sources may give a number one higher or lower, but the same epithet.
He was the son of Ptolemy VIII Physcon and Cleopatra III. In 110 BC he became King with his mother as co-regent, after his mother had deposed his brother Ptolemy IX Lathyros. However, in 109 BC he was deposed by Ptolemy IX. In 107 BC he became King again, and again with his mother as co-regent. In 101 BC he had his mother killed, and ruled either alone or with his niece/wife, Berenice III.
When he died, Ptolemy IX regained the throne. When Ptolemy IX died, Ptolemy X's wife Berenice III took over the throne for six months.
| Preceded by: Ptolemy IX | Ptolemaic King of Egypt First Reign with Cleopatra III | Succeeded by: Ptolemy IX |
| Ptolemy IX | Ptolemaic King of Egypt Second Reign with Cleopatra III and Berenice III | Ptolemy IX |
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