Cassander of Macedon

E109869
Ancient Macedonian person Diadochus King of Macedon

Cassander of Macedon was a 4th-century BCE king who seized control of Macedonia after Alexander the Great’s death and is notorious for ordering the execution of Alexander’s widow Roxana and their son Alexander IV.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Cassander 29
Cassander of Macedon canonical 4
King Cassander of Macedon 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ancient Macedonian person ⓘ
Diadochus ⓘ
King of Macedon ⓘ
ally Lysimachus ⓘ
Ptolemy I Soter ⓘ
Seleucus I Nicator ⓘ
birthYear c. 355 BCE ⓘ
capitalFounded Cassandreia ⓘ
causeOfDeath Dropsy (edema) ⓘ
child Alexander V of Macedon ⓘ
Antipater II Etesias ⓘ
Nicaea of Macedon ⓘ
Philip IV of Macedon ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Macedon ⓘ
deathYear 297 BCE ⓘ
dynasty Antipatrid dynasty ⓘ
era Hellenistic period ⓘ
father Antipater ⓘ
languageSpoken Ancient Greek ⓘ
mother Eurydice (wife of Antipater) ⓘ
name Cassander of Macedon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cassander
notableFor Ordering the execution of Alexander IV of Macedon ⓘ
Ordering the execution of Roxana, widow of Alexander the Great ⓘ
Role in the Wars of the Diadochi ⓘ
Seizing control of Macedon after the death of Alexander the Great ⓘ
opponent Antigonus I Monophthalmus ⓘ
Demetrius I of Macedon ⓘ
Eumenes of Cardia ⓘ
Olympias ⓘ
Polyperchon ⓘ
orderedExecutionOf Alexander IV of Macedon ⓘ
Olympias ⓘ
Roxana ⓘ
surface form: Roxana of Bactria
participatedIn Wars of the Diadochi ⓘ
placeOfDeath Macedon ⓘ
positionHeld King of Macedon ⓘ
predecessor Alexander IV of Macedon ⓘ
Philip III Arrhidaeus ⓘ
reignEnd 297 BCE ⓘ
reignStart 305 BCE ⓘ
religion Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
renamedCity Therma to Thessalonica ⓘ
servedUnder Antipater ⓘ
spouse Thessalonike of Macedon ⓘ
spouseIsHalfSisterOf Alexander the Great ⓘ
successor Alexander V of Macedon ⓘ
Antipater ⓘ
surface form: Antipater II Etesias

Philip IV of Macedon ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pella, Greece → birthplaceOf → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
Salonika → foundedBy → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
Thebes → repopulatedBy → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cassander
Olympias → enemy → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cassander
Diadochi → hasPart → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cassander
Alexander IV of Macedon → regency → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cassander
Alexander IV of Macedon → killedBy → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cassander
Alexander IV of Macedon → killedOnOrdersOf → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cassander
Alexander IV of Macedon → successor → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cassander
Macedonian Kingdom under the Antipatrids and Antigonids → notableRuler → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cassander
Cassander of Macedon → name → Cassander of Macedon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cassander
Thessalonike of Macedon → spouse → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cassander
Thessalonike of Macedon → spouse → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Cassander of Macedon
Seleucus I Nicator → contemporary → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cassander
Antigonus I Monophthalmus → opposedBy → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cassander
Demetrius I of Macedon → predecessor → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cassander
Demetrius I of Macedon → foughtAgainst → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cassander
Lysimachus → ally → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cassander
Potidaea → refoundedBy → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
Antipater → fatherOf → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cassander
Partition of Triparadisus → involved → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cassander
Polyxena → executedBy → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cassander
Cleopatra of Macedon → relative → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cassander
Antipatrid dynasty → foundedBy → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cassander
Antipatrid dynasty → hasMember → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cassander
Polyperchon → successor → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cassander
Polyperchon → opposed → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cassander
Battle of Ipsus → belligerent → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cassander
Battle of Ipsus → commander → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cassander
Battle of Ipsus → involvedPerson → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cassander
Alexander IV → successor → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
subject surface form: Alexander IV of Macedon
this entity surface form: Cassander
Alexander IV → opponent → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
subject surface form: Alexander IV of Macedon
this entity surface form: Cassander
Demetrius of Phalerum → employer → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cassander
Macedonians → notableKing → Cassander of Macedon ⓘ