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''. Created by executive producer

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, the family was first introduced in February 1981, with the arrival of

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. Brothers

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and Mikkos were introduced months later. The Cassadines are descendants of Russian royalty and own their own private island in Greece. Various family members have been sometime residents of

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, living in Wyndemere Castle on Spoon Island. The family is known for their longtime feud with the

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. After the family's initial appearance in 1981, they were absent from the series until the arrival of

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in 1983. The Cassadine family owns and operates the international conglomerate Cassadine Industries. The family is currently represented on canvas by Valentin, Victor,

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, Sam, Kristina, Molly,

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, Spencer, and

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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

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, the patriarch of the family, along with his brothers Victor and Tony, are involved in various nefarious plans, including the Ice Princess storyline, a plot to freeze the world using a weather machine. When

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foils their plan, the great feud between the Spencers and Cassadines begins.

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originated the role of villain

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, Mikkos' wife, in this era. Her curse on

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's wedding was watched by over 30 million viewers.

Traditions

*Cassadine line of succession
The Cassadine title of "Prince" passes from eldest son to eldest son, and the authority that goes with it both symbolic and real. If a Cassadine Prince were to die without a male heir the title would die with him and the fortune he controlled would be scattered amongst the surviving family members. *Cassadine Bacchanalia
A traditional masquerade ball thrown in honor of a Cassadine engagement.

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 *Prince Nikolai Cassadine *Nikolas Cassadine (I)

Ancestors

*Prince Stanislaus Cassadine **''Katya Cassadine'' * 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

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. *Irina Cassadine - According to Stefan, his grand aunt, making her Mikkos's aunt. *Eugenia Cassadine

First generation

*Prince Mikkos Ivanovich Cassadine, Oldest of the Cassadine siblings. **'' Helena Romanov'' * Victor Cassadine - Middle brother of the trio. * Anthony "Tony" Cassadine - Youngest of the brothers. *Sophia 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 Mikkossovich Cassadine - Son of Mikkos and Helena. * Stefan Darius Mikkossovich Cassadine - Son of Mikkos and Helena. * Alexis Davis (born Princess Natasha Alexandra Mikkosovna Cassadine) - Daughter of Mikkos and

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. *

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- Daughter of Mikkos and

. * Valentin Victorovich Cassadine - Son of Helena and Victor * Irina Cassadine - Daughter of Helena.

Third generation

*Prince Nikolas Mikail Stavrossovich Cassadine - Son of Stavros and Laura Spencer. **

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* Samantha "Sam" McCall - Daughter of Alexis and

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. * Kristina Adela Corinthos-Davis - Daughter of Alexis and

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. *

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- Daughter of Alexis and

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. *

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- Daughter of Valentin and

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Fourth generation

* Spencer Stefan Nikolasovich Cassadine - Son of Nikolas and

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. *

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- Daughter of Sam and

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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 -- "

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

, Stefan Cassadine and

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amongst others. In December 2005, a single Cassandine Industries account was estimated to be worth $15 million at the time. As of May 2009, Cassadine Industries was estimated to be worth over 20 billion dollars. Reportedly in 2015,

and Victor Cassadine had liquidated most of Cassadine Industries in order to finance their personal "projects". In 2015,

obtained control of ELQ in order to save his family empire. In 2016, following

's death, it was revealed that

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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.

Subsidiaries

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

Employees

*CEO and Sole Shareholder Money is Frozen

Residence

Wyndemere Castle (Spoon Island)

Family tree

Legend

Descendants

* Stanislaus Cassadine (deceased); married Katya Cassadine (deceased) ** Irina Cassadine (deceased); Daughter of Stanislaus and Katya ** ''Unknown first name'' Cassadine (deceased); son of Stanislaus and Katya; married Unnamed woman (deceased) ***Petros Cassadine (deceased); Identical cousin of Mikkos ** ''Unknown first name'' Cassadine (deceased); Son of Stanislaus and Katya; married Unnamed woman (deceased) *** Dimitri Cassadine; Cousin to Mikkos **Ivan Cassadine (deceased); son of Stanislaus and Katya; married Unnamed woman (deceased) ***

(died 1981); son of Ivan; married

****

(died 2014); Mikkos and Helena's son; married Laura Spencer (1982–83),

(2013) *****

(1982–); Stavros and Laura's son; married

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(2003),

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(2004),

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(2004–05),

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(2016–20),

(2020–) ******

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(2003–); Nikolas' son with

**** Stefan Cassadine (died 2003); Mikkos and Helena's son; married

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(1996–97) **** Alexis Davis (1966–); Mikkos' daughter with

, born Natasha Cassadine; married

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(1999–2000),

(2004–06),

(2016) *****

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(1980–); Alexis and Julian's daughter; married Jason Morgan (2011–18),

(2018) ******

(2004); Sam's daughter with

****** Danny Morgan (2011–); Sam and Jason's son ****** Scout Cain (2017–); Sam and Drew's daughter *****

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(2002–); Alexis' daughter with

; married

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(2012) *****

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(2005–); Alexis and Ric's daughter ****

(died 2002); Mikkos' daughter with

*** Anthony "Tony" Cassadine (died 1981); son of Ivan *** Victor Cassadine; son of Ivan ****

; Victor's son with Helena; married

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(2016–2018) *****

; Valentin's daughter with

*** Sophia Cassadine (deceased); daughter of Ivan; married Alexei Davidovitch (deceased)

References

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