The Nile Queen nickname for Cleopatra (4 letters) is a reference to her status as the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. She was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, a family of Greek origin that ruled Egypt from 305 BC until the death of Cleopatra in 30 BC. Cleopatra is remembered for her political and diplomatic skills, her patronage of the arts, and her romantic liaisons with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.