
Cleopatra of Macedon (353 BC-308 BC) was a daughter of Philip II of Macedon and Olympias, a sister of Alexander the Great, and the wife of King Alexander I of Epirus.
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Cleopatra was born in 353 BC, the daughter of Philip II of Macedon and Olympias; she was the only full sibling of Alexander the Great, and her siblings included Thessalonike of Macedon and Philip III of Macedon. She was raised by her mother in Pella, and, in 336 BC, she married her uncle Alexander I of Epirus; it was at the wedding celebration that her father Philip II was murdered. In 334 BC, when her husband went to campaign in Italy, she became regent of Epirus, and, when her husband was killed in battle in 331 BC, she became regent for her son Neoptolemus II of Epirus. She became a highly desirable wife as the ruler of Epirus, and Leonnatus, Cassander, Lysimachus, and Antigonus I Monophthalmus all sought her hand. Ultimately, she agreed to Ptolemy's proposal in 308 BC, but Antigonus had her assassinated at Sardis before they could marry. He then executed the assassins and gave her a beautiful funeral.