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Antipater II of Macedon

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Name
  
Antipater of

Grandparents
  
Antipater

Died
  
279 BC

Great-grandparents
  
Iollas

Parents
  
Cassander

Predecessor
  
Cassander

Cousins
  
Antipater


Uncles
  
Iollas, Pleistarchus, Alexarchus of Macedon

Antipater II of Macedon (Greek: Ἀντίπατρος Βʹ ὁ Μακεδών), was the son of Cassander and Thessalonike of Macedon, who was a half-sister of Alexander the Great. He was king of Macedon from 297 BC until 294 BC, jointly with his brother Alexander V. Eventually, he murdered his mother and ousted his brother from the throne. Alexander turned to Pyrrhus and Demetrius I Poliorcetes for help, and Demetrius I overthrew Antipater and then had Alexander murdered. Antipater was killed by Lysimachus, after he fled from Demetrius I to Thrace. His wife was Eurydice, his paternal cousin who was a daughter of Lysimachus.

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Antipater II of Macedon Wikipedia