Alexander The Great Wife Barsine

However roxana was not his only life as alexander married darius iii s daughter barsine stateira ii and her cousin parysatis in 324 bc in a mass wedding at susa where many of.

Alexander the great wife barsine. Alexander immediately showed his interest in marrying roxana and got married to her in 327 bc prior to his expedition towards bharat. She was also a daughter of the influential artabazus. When she saw alexander the great she knew that he was the best her option. And fell in love with his captive barsine for her beauty by whom he had afterwards a son that he called heracles.

However that doesn t necessarily mean he had on going intimate relationships with all of them. 363 309 bc was daughter of a persian father artabazus satrap of hellespontine phrygia and a greek rhodian mother who was the sister of mercenaries mentor of rhodes and memnon of rhodes. Died 323 bc possibly also known as barsine was the daughter of stateira i and darius iii of persia after her father s defeat at the battle of issus stateira and her sisters became captives of alexander of macedon they were treated well and she became alexander s second wife at the susa weddings in 324 bc. Alexander was barsine s third lover and their affair may have been a grown up continuation of a childhood friendship.

After 330 alexander wanted to be recognized as king of persia and a persian wife would surely improve the acceptance of his rule. Barsine was a noble persian daughter of artabazus and wife of memnon. Barsine s father s reign was an unhappy one. Roxana wife of alexander the great.

Among the captives were darius mother sisygambis his wife statira his five year old son ochus and two daughters barsine and. Barsine became the wife of her uncle mentor and after his death married her second uncle memnon. In 334 bc the year of alexander s invasion of asia she and her. After memnon s death several ancient historians have written of a love affair between her and alexander.

In 334 the macedonian king alexander invaded the achaemenid empire and he defeated darius in the battle of issus november 333. The daughter of the bactrian chief oxyartes she was captured and married by alexander in 327 during his conquest of asia. Alexander s lovers by andrew chugg 131 4. Barsine the noble wife of persian legend.

However there may have been political considerations too. At the same ceremony alexander also married. Roxane stateira and parysatis. Myth genesis and.

After memnon s death of in 333 bc she felt she was free to look for another relationship. Alexander s personal life was complicated nbsp we know that alexander married at least three women during his short life. After alexander s death 323 she had his second wife stateira barsine killed and she gave birth at babylon to a son alexander i.