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Alexander IV (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος; 323– 309 BC), sometimes erroneously called Aegus in modern times, [3] was the posthumous son of Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedon) by his wife Roxana of Bactria. As his father's only surviving legitimate child, Alexander IV inherited the throne of the Macedonian Empire after him, however ...
[244] [245] Alexander apparently had two children by Roxana: an unnamed first child, who was born in India and died in infancy in November 326 BC, [246] 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.
Alexander IV of Macedon; Alexander I of Epirus; C. Cleopatra of Macedon; Cynane; H. Heracles of Macedon; O. Olympias; P. Philip II of Macedon; Philip III of Macedon ...
Roxana will later give birth to a son after Alexander's death, Alexander IV of Macedon. [1] [2] After Alexander defeated Darius III at the Battle of Issus, he captured his family, including his daughter Stateira. In 324 BC, during a mass wedding known as the Susa weddings, Alexander married both Stateira and her cousin Parysatis, members of the ...
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 ...
Tomb I: Philip II (Alexander the Great's father) Tomb II: Philip III of Macedon (Alexander the Great's half-brother) Tomb III: Alexander IV of Macedon (Alexander the Great's son) Tomb I also contained the remains of a woman and a baby, who Antonis Bartsiokas identified as Philip II's young wife Cleopatra Eurydice and their newborn child ...
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Perdiccas, having placed the ring he received from Alexander on the throne, along with the royal robes and diadem, [34] proposed that a final decision wait until Alexander's wife Roxana, who was pregnant, had given birth; if the unborn child (the future Alexander IV of Macedon) was a boy, then Perdiccas proposed that the child be chosen as the ...