Cleopatra VII was born in early 69 BC to Ptolemaic pharaoh Ptolemy XII Auletes and an unknown mother,[10] presumably Ptolemy XII's sister-wife Cleopatra V Tryphaena [11][12][13][note 2][note 3]—mother of Cleopatra's older sister, Berenice IV.[14][15][16][note 4] Ptolemy XII was given the epithet "Auletes" ("the flute-player") due to his adoption of the title "New Dionysos" and his reported flute-playing during the Dionysian festivals.[17][18][19][note 5] He had a reputation as an aloof monarch who enjoyed a life of luxury while causing dynastic troubles with the expulsion of Cleopatra V from the court in late 69 BC (a few months after the birth of Cleopatra VII).[20][21] His three younger children (Cleopatra's sister Arsinoe IV and brothers Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV)[14][15][16] were born during the more than decade-long absence of his wife.[22][23]