Cassander () was a Macedonian nobleman who lived in the 4th century BC.
Cassander was the son of Iolaus by a mother whose name is unknown, and was the brother of the powerful Regent and general Antipater.Theocritus (17.61) Cassander’s family were distant collateral relatives to the Argead dynasty.Ptolemaic Dynasty - Affiliated Lines: The Antipatrids Cassander, like Antipater, was originally from the Macedonian city of PaliuraHeckel, Who’s who in the age of Alexander the Great: prosopography of Alexander’s empire, p.35 and was a contemporary to Aristotle.Rose, A new general biographical dictionary, Volume 2, Antipater article
Little is known on his life. He married a Greek Macedonian noblewoman whose name is unknown, and they had a child: a daughter called AntigonePtolemaic Genealogy: Berenice I, Footnote 3 who married a Greek Macedonian nobleman called MagasHeckel, Who’s who in the age of Alexander the Great: prosopography of Alexander’s empire, p.71 by whom she had a daughter called Berenice I of Egypt.Heckel, Who’s who in the age of Alexander the Great: prosopography of Alexander’s empire, p.71 His namesake was his nephew Cassander, who became king of Macedon.
References
Sources H.J. Rose, A new general biographical dictionary, Volume 2, T. Fellowes, 1857 W. Heckel, Who’s who in the age of Alexander the Great: prosopography of Alexander’s empire, Wiley-Blackwell, 2006 Ptolemaic Dynasty - Affiliated Lines: Antipatrids Ptolemaic Genealogy: Berenice I