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Alexander IV (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος; 323/322– 309 BC), sometimes erroneously called Aegus in modern times, [3] was the son of Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedon) and Princess Roxana of Bactria.
[243] [244] Alexander apparently had two children by Roxana: unnamed first child, who was born in India and died in infancy in November 326 BC, [245] and Alexander IV of Macedon, born after his father's death. Additionally Heracles of Macedon was claimed to be his illegitimate son born of mistress, Barsine.
Especially since Alexander's own half-brother Philip III Arrhidaeus (Philip II's illegitimate and physically and mentally disabled son [20]) was Alexander's original successor. [21] Alexander's illegitimate son would have had more rights to the throne than his illegitimate [22] half-brother. Heracles played a brief part in the succession ...
Heracles of Macedon (Ancient Greek: Ἡρακλῆς; c. 327 – 309 BC) was a reputed illegitimate son of Alexander the Great of Macedon by Barsine, daughter of Satrap Artabazus of Phrygia. Heracles was named after the Greek mythological hero of the same name, from whom the Argeads claimed descent.
After Alexander the Great's death in Babylon in 323 BC, his wife Roxana gave birth to their son named Alexander IV. Alexander IV and his uncle Philip III Arrhidaeus, the half brother of Alexander the Great who may have been disabled, were subject to the regency of Perdiccas, who tried to strengthen his position through a marriage with Antipater ...
Thessalonike returned to Macedon in 317 BC with Olympias. She, along with Olympias, Roxana, Alexander IV of Macedon, and Alexander's betrothed, Deidameia, sought refuge in the fortress of Pydna on the advance of Cassander in 315 BC.
In Plutarch's history, after Alexander's death in 323 BC, his first wife, Roxana, ordered the murder of Stateira and her sister in order to cement her own position and that of her son, Alexander IV. Carney maintains that Parysatis "makes more sense as a murder victim". [ 2 ]
Alexander considered her and Olympias as the inner circle of his basileia. [2] In 332 BC Alexander had sent booty home for both his mother and sister, as well as his close friends. Cleopatra also used her influence to intercede on behalf of the tyrant Dionysius of Heraclea, and addressed the situation on Alexander's behalf. [4] [2]