Was Cleopatra The First Female Pharaoh?

Was Cleopatra The First Female Pharaoh? Cleopatra may not have been ancient Egypt’s only female pharaoh — Queen Arsinoë II, a woman who competed in and won Olympic events, came first, some 200 years earlier, according to a new study into a unique Egyptian crown. What pharaoh was before Cleopatra? Cleopatra PredecessorPtolemy XII Auletes Successor