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Cassadine family
Stefan Cassadine (Stephen Nichols), Nikolas Cassadine (Tyler Christopher), Alexis Davis (Nancy Lee Grahn), and Helena Cassadine (Constance Towers)
First appearanceFebruary 13, 1981
Created byPat Falken Smith and Margaret DePriest
Introduced byGloria Monty
Duration1981, 1983–1986, 1996–present

The Cassadines are a fictional aristocratic family from the American

Scout, and Ace
.

Background

The Cassadine's are descendants of the Russian aristocracy, with connections to the royal Romanov family. They existed for hundreds of years in Russia until the Bolshevik Revolution forced them to flee to Greece. After that period, they built a large economic empire of power and wealth. The Cassadine's make their first appearance in the 1980s, when

Mikkos Cassadine, the patriarch of the family, along with his brothers Victor and Tony, are involved in various nefarious plans, including the Ice Princess storyline,[2] a plot to freeze the world using a weather machine. When Luke Spencer foils their plan, the great feud between the Spencers and Cassadines begins.[3] Elizabeth Taylor originated the role of villain Helena Cassadine, Mikkos' wife, in this era. Her curse on Luke and Laura's wedding was watched by over 30 million viewers.[4]

Traditions

Family members

Characters currently on the show are noted in bold; family members through marriage are in italics. Only current spouses or those married at the time of their death appear here.

Distant ancestors

  • Vladimir Cassadine - The First Cassadine said by Nikolas to be a warrior who founded the Cassadine Empire of Imperial Russia.
  • Anya Cassadine[7]
  • Prince Nikolai Cassadine[8]
  • Nikolas Cassadine (I)[9]

Ancestors

  • Prince Stanislaus Cassadine[10]
  • Ivan Cassadine - Based on Mikkos's middle name, which is "Ivanovich"—all of the children in the Cassadine family follow the Russian tradition of a patronymic.[12]
  • Irina Cassadine - According to Stefan, his grand aunt, making her Mikkos's aunt.[13]
  • Eugenia Cassadine

First generation

  • Prince
    Mikkos Ivanovich Cassadine, Oldest of the Cassadine siblings.[12]
  • Victor Ivanovich Cassadine
    - Middle brother of the trio.
  • Anthony "Tony" Ivanovich Cassadine
    - Youngest of the brothers.
  • Sophia Ivanovna Cassadine-Davidovitch - Sister of Mikkos, Victor and Tony.
    • Alexei Davidovitch
  • Petros Cassadine - Cousin of Mikkos, Tony, Sophia, and Victor.
  • Dimitri Cassadine - 10th cousin, several times removed of Mikkos.

Second generation

  • Prince
    Stavros Nikolai Mikkosovich Cassadine
    - Son of Mikkos and Helena.
  • Prince
    Stefan Darius Mikkosovich Cassadine
    - Son of Mikkos and Helena.
  • Kristin Bergman
    .
  • Princess
    Kristin Bergman
    .
  • Valentin Victorovich Cassadine - Son of Helena and Victor
  • Irina Cassadine
    - Daughter of Helena.

Third generation

Fourth generation

Other relations

  • In 1998 Nikolas was led to believe that he was not the Cassadine Prince. During this time Stefan attempted to convince him to try and hold on to control of the Cassadine Estate. Nikolas refused, stating that the Estate didn't belong to him if he was not the Prince, it belonged to "the Belgian Cassadines, and the Baron's children in Macao, and to Helena, Alexis and Cousin Mikhail who took Holy orders -- "[14]

Cassadine Industries

Owned by the Cassadines. Cassadine Industries is a large international conglomerate, which was founded by the Cassadine family in the late 1970s as a front to cover for their dirty dealings. But the business took off, being controlled by

Victor Cassadine had liquidated most of Cassadine Industries in order to finance their personal "projects". In 2015, Nikolas Cassadine obtained control of ELQ in order to save his family empire. In 2016, following Nikolas Cassadine's death, it was revealed that Valentin Cassadine
is the sole heir to the Cassadine empire. In 2020, this was reversed through a secret codicil to Mikkos' will that revealed Valentin is Helena's son and not a Cassadine at all. Thus, Nikolas was reinstated as sole heir. In October 2021, Victor Cassadine was not only revealed to be alive, but also Valentin's father.

On September 15, 2023, at

the Invader, Alexis Davis and Spencer Cassadine
go over the legal codicil for CI. The Cassadine estate is about to be handed over to him as it's been six months since his father split, but he has no idea how to translate the legal jargon in the document he was sent. Alexis is happy to look over the document, noting it's very complicated, and she'll need time to get back to him. Spencer is grateful to her, and for having family helping him with this.

Subsidiaries

  • Cassadine Drilling Company
  • Cassadine Construction
  • General Hospital
  • Emily Bowen Quartermaine Clinic
  • Equinox Corporation

Employees

Residence

Wyndemere Castle (Spoon Island)

Current Owners
Nikolas Cassadine
Current Residents
Victor Cassadine
Spencer Cassadine
 Esme Prince
Former Residents
Curtis Ashford
Hayden Barnes
Katherine Bell
Emily Bowen-Quartermaine
Gia Campbell
Helena Cassadine
Irina Cassadine
 Valentin Cassadine
Stavros Cassadine
Stefan Cassadine
Alexis Davis
Cesar Faison
Rocco Falconeri
 Jerry Jacks Ava Jerome
Avery Jerome-Corinthos Lucas Jones
Lydia Karenin
Ewen Keenan
Colleen McHenry
Caleb Morley
 Liesl Obrecht Brook Lynn Quartermaine Ned Quartermaine Nina Reeves
Robin Scorpio-Drake
Aiden Spencer
 Bobbie Spencer
Cameron Spencer
Jake Spencer
Laura Collins Valerie Spencer Elizabeth Webber Britt Westbourne
Dawn Winthrop

Family tree

Legend

Lines Boxes
  • Dashed = Romance/Marriage
  • Solid = Child
Character is currently on the Show
Character not on the Show
Character is deceased or presumed dead
Stanislaus CassadineKatya Cassadine
Unnamed CassadineUnnamed womanIvan CassadineUnnamed woman
Petros CassadineSophia Cassadine
Kristin Bergman
Kristina Cassadine
Ric Lansing
Molly Lansing
TJ Ashford
Danny Morgan

Descendants

References

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  2. ^ "Dear Soaps, On General Hospital,..." TV Guide. tvguide.com. 2001-10-17. Archived from the original on 2013-02-05. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
  3. ^ "Dear Soaps, I'm still trying to..." TV Guide. tvguide.com. 2001-10-24. Archived from the original on 2013-02-05. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
  4. ^ Aurthur, Kate (2005-11-30). "Prepare the O.R. (and A.A.): Dr. Drake Is Back". The New York Times. nytimes.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
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  12. ^ a b c Jean Passanante and Shelly Altman (Head writers); Scott McKinsey (Director); Andrea Archer Compton (Script writer) (July 11, 2016). General Hospital. Season 53. Episode 13596. ABC.
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