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Nicaea

Nicaea (c.335- after 300): Macedonian lady, wife of Lysimachus.

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
Birth of Agathocles
Birth of Eurydice
Birth of Arsinoe
c.300: Lysimachus calls a city in Bithynia after his wife