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Arsinoe I ( 305 / 295 -?) was Queen of Egypt 284 / 1 -ca. 274 BC and first wife of Ptolemy II Of Egypt .

Arsinoe I was the daughter of Lysimachus , king of Thrace . She bore Ptolemy II's the three children, including his successor Ptolemy III Of Egypt . She married Ptolemy II in 284 / 1 BC . Around 274 BC , she was convicted of plotting against him and went in exile from Egypt to Coptos , and soon Ptolemy II married his sister Arsinoe II Of Egypt .