Ladice (Cyrenaean Princess)

Ladice (Cyrenaean Princess)

This article is about Ladice, the Libyan Greek Cyrenaean Princess who married the Egyptian Pharaoh Amasis II. For the village in Slovakia, go to Ladice.

Ladice or Ladice of Cyrene (Greek: Λαδική, flourished 6th century BC) was a Libyan Greek woman, who was a Greek Cyrenaean Princess and was a member of The Battiads Dynasty. She was the daughter of the fifth Greek Cyrenaean King Battus III and Greek Cyrenaean Queen Pheretima. Her brother would be the future sixth Greek Cyrenaean King Arcesilaus III. Although her maternal grandparents are unknown, her paternal grandparents were the fourth Greek Cyrenaean King Arcesilaus II and Greek Cyrenaean Queen Eryxo. Although her father was Battus III, Herodotus states from other accounts her father could have been Arcesilaus II or Critobulus, one of the leading Greek Cyrenaean citizens. She was born and raised in Cyrene.