Berenice

Berenice or Berenike (bernikē) is a Macedonian name, meaning "bearer of victory" (corresponding to Greek *phere-nikē). It refers to:

• several Ptolemaic and Seleucid queens (see below) in Cyrenaica and Egypt,
• two Judean princesses (see below),
• the ancient Red Sea port Berenice or Berenice Troglodytica,
• the Libyan city of Benghazi which used to be called Berenice,
• Bérénice , a tragedy by the French dramatist Jean Racine,
• Berenice , a short story by Edgar Allan Poe,
• Berenice 001 to 012, a series of French experimental rockets, and
• the Berenice , a plant belonging to the Campanulaceae family.

Ptolemaic and Seleucid queens

• Berenice I of Egypt, mother of Magas of Cyrene and wife of Ptolemy I.
• Berenice, daughter of Ptolemy II and wife of Seleucid monarch Antiochus II Theos.
• Berenice II of Egypt, daughter of Magas of Cyrene and wife of Ptolemy III.
• Berenice III of Egypt , daughter of Ptolemy IX. She first married Ptolemy X, later Ptolemy XI.
• Berenice IV of Egypt, daughter of Ptolemy XII and elder sister of Cleopatra.

Judean princesses

• Berenice, daughter of Salome Alexandra, sister of Herod the Great.
• Berenice, daughter of Agrippa I, king of Judaea.