Eurydice

Eurydice (c.335-c.285): Macedonian lady, wife of Ptolemy Soter.

Relatives:

Father: Antipater
Husband: Ptolemy I Soter
Children: Ptolemy Keraunos, Meleager, Lysandra (married to Agathocles, son of Lysimachus), Ptolemais (married to Demetrius Poliorcetes).

Main deeds:

c.335: Born as daughter of Antipater, the governor of Macedonia during the reign of Alexander the Great.
11 June 323: Death of Alexander in Babylon (text); outbreak of civil war
Perdiccas becomes very powerful; other commanders in Alexander's army join against him
c.321: Antipater concludes alliances against Perdiccas. Eurydice marries Ptolemy I Soter; in her company is Berenice I, who also marries the king of Egypt
Birth of Ptolemy Keraunos
Birth of Meleager
Birth of Lysandra
Birth of Ptolemais
c.300: Arsinoe II, daughter of Ptolemy I and Berenice I, marries Lysimachus; Lysandra, daughter of Ptolemy and Eurydice, is given to Lysimachus' son Agathocles.
Rivalry with Berenice I forces Eurydice to flee to Miletus
287: Demetrius Poliorcetes marries Ptolemais

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