Nicaea

Relatives:

• Father: Antipater
• Husband: Lysimachus
• Children: Agathocles, Eurydice, Arsinoe I

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.
• Antipater promises the hand of his daughter Nicaea to Perdiccas.
• Alexander's mother Olympias promises Perdiccas the hand of Cleopatra, the sister of Alexander. Perdiccas, understanding that he can become a member of the royal family, accepts.
• Antipater is offended and joins forces with other generals.
• c.321: Nicaea marries Lysimachus, ruler of Thrace
• Note: Alternatively, Perdiccas married Nicaea, who remained with her husband until his death, and married to Lysimachus later.
• Birth of Agathocles
• Birth of Eurydice
• Birth of Arsinoe
• c.300: Lysimachus calls a city in Bithynia after his wife