Lysimachus - Marriages & Children

Marriages & Children

Lysimachus was married three times and his wives were:

  • First marriage: Nicaea a Greek Macedonian noblewoman and daughter of the powerful Regent Antipater. Lysimachus and Nicaea married in c.321 BC. Nicaea bore Lysimachus three children:
    • Son, Agathocles
    • Daughter, Eurydice
    • Daughter, Arsinoe I

Nicaea most probably died by 302 BC.

  • Second marriage: Persian Princess Amastris. Lysimachus married her in 302 BC. Amastris and Lysimachus’ union was brief, as he ended their marriage and divorced her in 300/299 BC. Amastris had two sons from a previous marriage. During their brief marriage, Amastris may have borne Lysimachus a child, perhaps a daughter who may have been the first wife of Ptolemy Keraunos.
  • Third marriage: Ptolemaic Greek Princess Arsinoe II. Arsinoe II married Lysimachus in 300/299 BC and remained with him until his death in 281 BC. Arsinoe II bore Lysimachus three sons:
    • Ptolemy I Epigone
    • Lysimachus
    • Philip

From an Odrysian concubine he had a son borne to him called Alexander.

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