Who were Alexander the Great's siblings?

Answer 1

Alexander didnt have siblings, but his father Phillp had seven other wifes so Alexander had a lot of halfsisters and halfbrothers. One of them (half-sister) was Thessalonike 345 - 295 BC.

He would have had many half siblings as his father, Philip had seven wives including Queen Olympias who is Alexander the great's mother. Cleopatra was his seventh wife.

Answer 2

Three years after the start of their marriage Phillip's new mistress, Nicesipolis was rumoured to be bewitching Phillip with her potions and spells. Olympias intrigued by this rumour sent for Nicesipolis and found her delightful, they soon became very good friends and after Nicesipolis' death Olympias raised her friend's daughter, Thessalonice, as her own. Alexander has one full sister, Cleopatra, who was born one year after Alexander. Alexander has many half siblings but a main one was Arridhaeus. According to Plutarch, a year before Phillip's marriage to Olympias, he had married another princess, Philinna of Larissa, a Thessalian who gave birth to a son, Arridhaeus, According to Plutarch, 'as a boy Arridhaeus had shown a pleasant character and displayed promise', until Olympias fed the boy a drug which 'impaired the functions of his body and did irreparable damage to his brain. Olympias viewed Arridhaeus as a threat. Posted by Stacey Thomas