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Cassander c.358-297BC
King of Macedonia

He assumed power over Macedonia after the death of his father, Antipater (319BC), and became its king (305). An active figure in the power struggle after the death of Alexander the Great (323), he murdered Alexander's mother, widow and son, and contributed to the defeat of Antigonus I Monophthalmos at Ipsus (301). He married Thessalonica (Alexander's half-sister), for whom he built and named a city in Macedonia.