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The daughter of Philip II of Macedon and Olympias of Epirus, she was the only full sibling of Alexander the Great. Her other siblings include half sisters Thessalonike and Cynane, and half-brother Philip III of Macedon.
Alexander the Great’s Sister: Cleopatra. Cleopatra of Macedonia was born around 354 B.C. to Philip II of Macedonia and Olympias of Epirus. She was a Macedonian princess and was a sister of Alexander the Great. Cleopatra had half-sisters named Cynane and Thessalonike and a half-brother named Philip III of Macedon.
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Apr 12, 2024 · The early life of Alexander the Great’s sister Born in 352 BC, Thessalonike was the daughter of King Philip II of Macedon and his wife or concubine, Nicesipolis. Her mother hailed from the Thessalian nobility, and the name “Thessalonike” was bestowed upon her in honor of Philip’s military victory over the Thessalians.
May 26, 2021 · Mentis Bostantzoglou (Bost), Alexander the Great with his sister, 1984. Credit: Parallaxi, source: Daily Art Magazine. According to a popular Greek legend, there lived a mermaid in the Aegean Sea for centuries by the name of Thessaloniki. She was reputedly the half-sister of Alexander the Great.
Alexander as king In the summer of 336 B.C.E. at the ancient Macedonian capital of Aegai, Alexander's sister married her uncle Alexander. During this event Philip was assassinated by a young Macedonian noble, Pausanias.
Aug 12, 2015 · Hulton Archive/Getty Images. 1. Cleopatra was not Egyptian. Ancient Empires: Cleopatra Becoming a Queen. While Cleopatra was born in Egypt, she traced her family origins to Macedonian Greece and...
Relatives. Alexander the Great (half-brother) Thessalonike (half-sister) Cynane (half-sister) Philip III of Macedon (half-brother) Thessalonike ( Greek: Θεσσαλονίκη; 353/2 or 346/5 BC – 295 BC) was a Macedonian Greek princess, the daughter of King Philip II of Macedon by his Thessalian wife or concubine, Nicesipolis.
