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The '''Cassadines''' are a fictional aristocratic family from the American [[soap opera]] ''[[General Hospital]]''. Created by executive producer [[Gloria Monty]], the family was first introduced in August 1981, with the arrival of brothers [[Mikkos Cassadine|Mikkos]], [[Victor Cassadine|Victor]], and [[Tony Cassadine]]. The Cassadines are descendants of Russian royalty<ref name=Royalty>{{cite web|title=Dear Soaps, I have often wondered...|url=http://www.tvguide.com/soaps/Dear-Soaps-wondered-64456.aspx|work=TV Guide|publisher=tvguide.com|accessdate=September 6, 2012|date=2001-10-03}}</ref> and own their own private island in Greece. Various family members have been sometime residents of [[Port Charles (fictional city)|Port Charles]], living in Wyndemere Castle on Spoon Island. The family is known for their longtime feud with the [[Spencer family (General Hospital)|Spencer family]]. After the family's initial appearance in 1981, they were absent from the series until the arrival of [[Stavros Cassadine]] in 1983. The Cassadine family owns and operates the international conglomerate Cassadine Industries. The family is currently represented on canvas by [[Alexis Davis|Alexis]], [[Valentin Cassadine|Valentin]], [[Sam McCall|Sam]], [[Kristina Corinthos-Davis|Kristina]], [[Molly Lansing|Molly]], [[Daniel Morgan (General Hospital)|Danny]], [[Children of General Hospital#Charlotte Cassadine|Charlotte]] and [[Emily Morgan (General Hospital)|Emily]].
The '''Cassadines''' are a fictional aristocratic family from the American [[soap opera]] ''[[General Hospital]]''. Created by executive producer [[Gloria Monty]], the family was first introduced in August 1981, with the arrival of brothers [[Mikkos Cassadine|Mikkos]], [[Victor Cassadine|Victor]], and [[Tony Cassadine]]. The Cassadines are descendants of Russian royalty<ref name=Royalty>{{cite web|title=Dear Soaps, I have often wondered...|url=http://www.tvguide.com/soaps/Dear-Soaps-wondered-64456.aspx|work=TV Guide|publisher=tvguide.com|accessdate=September 6, 2012|date=2001-10-03|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222040626/http://www.tvguide.com/soaps/Dear-Soaps-wondered-64456.aspx|archivedate=February 22, 2014|df=}}</ref> and own their own private island in Greece. Various family members have been sometime residents of [[Port Charles (fictional city)|Port Charles]], living in Wyndemere Castle on Spoon Island. The family is known for their longtime feud with the [[Spencer family (General Hospital)|Spencer family]]. After the family's initial appearance in 1981, they were absent from the series until the arrival of [[Stavros Cassadine]] in 1983. The Cassadine family owns and operates the international conglomerate Cassadine Industries. The family is currently represented on canvas by [[Alexis Davis|Alexis]], [[Valentin Cassadine|Valentin]], [[Sam McCall|Sam]], [[Kristina Corinthos-Davis|Kristina]], [[Molly Lansing|Molly]], [[Daniel Morgan (General Hospital)|Danny]], [[Children of General Hospital#Charlotte Cassadine|Charlotte]] and [[Emily Morgan (General Hospital)|Emily]].


==Background==
==Background==

Revision as of 02:33, 20 September 2017

Cassadine family
General Hospital family
(l-r): Stefan Cassadine (Stephen Nichols), Nikolas Cassadine (Tyler Christopher), Alexis Davis (Nancy Lee Grahn), and Helena Cassadine (Constance Towers)
First appearanceAugust 10, 1981
Created byGloria Monty and Thom Racina
Introduced byGloria Monty
Duration1981, 1983–86, 1996—

The Cassadines are a fictional aristocratic family from the American soap opera General Hospital. Created by executive producer Gloria Monty, the family was first introduced in August 1981, with the arrival of brothers Mikkos, Victor, and Tony Cassadine. The Cassadines are descendants of Russian royalty[1] and own their own private island in Greece. Various family members have been sometime residents of Port Charles, living in Wyndemere Castle on Spoon Island. The family is known for their longtime feud with the Spencer family. After the family's initial appearance in 1981, they were absent from the series until the arrival of Stavros Cassadine in 1983. The Cassadine family owns and operates the international conglomerate Cassadine Industries. The family is currently represented on canvas by Alexis, Valentin, Sam, Kristina, Molly, Danny, Charlotte and Emily.

Background

The Cassadines 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

  • 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.[5]
  • 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

  • Anya Cassadine[6]
  • Prince Nikolai Cassadine
  • Nikolas Cassadine (I)[7]

Ancestors

  • Prince Stanislaus Cassadine[8]
    • Katya Cassadine[9]
  • 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.
  • Irina Cassadine - According to Stefan, his grand aunt, making her Mikkos's aunt.[10]

First generation

Second generation

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 -- "[11]

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 Mikkos Cassadine, Stavros Cassadine, Helena Cassadine, Stefan Cassadine and Nikolas Cassadine 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, Helena Cassadine and 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.

Subsidiaries

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

Employees

Residence

Wyndemere Castle (Spoon Island)

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

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

Descendants

References

  1. ^ "Dear Soaps, I have often wondered..." TV Guide. tvguide.com. 2001-10-03. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Dear Soaps, On General Hospital,..." TV Guide. tvguide.com. 2001-10-17. Retrieved September 6, 2012.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Dear Soaps, I'm still trying to..." TV Guide. tvguide.com. 2001-10-24. Retrieved September 6, 2012.[permanent dead link]
  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.
  5. ^ http://tvmegasite.net/transcripts/gh/older/1998/ghaug3.txt
  6. ^ http://tvmegasite.net/transcripts/gh/older/2002/gh-trans-01-16-02.shtml
  7. ^ http://tvmegasite.net/transcripts/gh/older/2003/gh-trans-09-08-03.shtml
  8. ^ Mentioned by Helena in a conversation with Spencer on April 28, 2010.
  9. ^ http://tvmegasite.net/transcripts/gh/older/2003/gh-trans-07-04-03.shtml
  10. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HStnf4bnQQw
  11. ^ http://tvmegasite.net/transcripts/gh/older/1998/ghdec29.txt
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