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- Ancient world Ptolemaic and Seleucid queens and royal daughters in Cyrenaica and Egypt Judean princesses Saints Others
- Modern era
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{{About|the feminine name|other uses}}Berenice ({{lang-grc|Βερενίκη}}, Bereníkē) is the Ancient Macedonian form of the Attic Greek name Φερενίκη (Pherenikē), which meant "bearer of victory" {{etymology|grc|φέρω (pherō)|to bear||νίκη (nikē)|victory}}.[1] Berenika, priestess of Demeter in Lete ca. 350 BC, is the oldest epigraphical evidence.[2][3] The name also has the form Bernice. An additional Latin form of the same name is Veronica. Many historical figures bear the name Berenice: Ancient worldPtolemaic and Seleucid queens and royal daughters in Cyrenaica and Egypt- Berenice I of Egypt (c. 340 BC – between 279 and 268 BC), mother of Magas of Cyrene and wife of Ptolemy I of Egypt
- Berenice II of Egypt (267 or 266 BC – 221 BC), daughter of Magas of Cyrene, wife of Ptolemy III of Egypt and traditional namesake of the constellation Coma Berenices
- Berenice III of Egypt (120–80 BC), daughter of Ptolemy IX of Egypt; she first married Ptolemy X of Egypt, and later Ptolemy XI of Egypt
- Berenice IV of Egypt (77–55 BC), daughter of Ptolemy XII of Egypt and elder sister of Cleopatra VII
- Berenice (Seleucid queen) (died 246 BC), daughter of Ptolemy II of Egypt and wife of Seleucid monarch Antiochus II Theos
- Berenice (daughter of Ptolemy II of Telmessos) (3rd to 2nd century BC), great-granddaughter of Ptolemy I Epigone
Judean princesses- Berenice (daughter of Salome) (1st century BC), daughter of Salome I, a sister of Herod the Great. and mother of Herod Agrippa I
- Berenice (28–?), a daughter of Herod Agrippa I, wife of Herod of Chalcis till 48, then spent much of her life at the court of her brother Agrippa II
- Berenice (after 50–?), daughter of another daughter of Herod Agrippa I
Saints- Berenice, also known as Saint Veronica, 1st-century saint from Jerusalem
- Domnina, Berenice, and Prosdoce, 4th-century Christian martyrs in Anatolian Mesopotamia
Others- Berenice of Chios (d. 72/71 BC), third wife of Mithridates VI of Pontus
Modern era- Berenice Abbott (1898–1991), American photographer
- Bérénice Bejo (born 1976), French-Argentine actress
- Berenice Celeyta, Colombian human rights activist
- Bérénice Marlohe, (born 1979), French actress
- Maé-Bérénice Méité, French figure skater
- Bernice Williams, American raunchy blues singer
- Berenice Sydney (1944–1983), English artist
- Berenice (play) (1670), a five-act tragedy by the French 17th-century playwright Jean Racine
- Berenice (opera) (1709), an opera in three acts by George Frideric Handel
References1. ^Berenike, Liddell and Scottt, "A Greek-English Lexicon", at Perseus
2. ^Lete Epigraphical Database
3. ^Macedonian Institutions Under the Kings [https://books.google.com/books?id=qTRBAAAAMAAJ&q=archineusasai&dq=archineusasai&pgis=1 books.google.com] by Miltiadēs V. Chatzopoulos
Sources- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071026231007/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0491.html Berenice] Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
- {{cite EB1911|wstitle=Berenice (princesses)|display=Berenice|volume=3|page=769}}
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