Cleopatra of Macedon stood in the shadow of her more famous brother, Alexander the Great. In fact, she was one of his three known sisters, apart from Cynane and Thessalonica. However, Cleopatra was apparently the most influential of the three women, and her exciting life is significant to history. It was a life full of success and never-ending danger. A Famous Royal Family Cleopatra was the only daughter of Phillip II of Macedonia and Olympias - and Alexander’s only full-blood sibling. Phillip’s other children were their step-siblings. They all lived lives full of intrigue, but the children were also protected by the strong guardian, Olympias. This family’s history of is full of death and blood, but it also covered with
