Alexander The Great Wife Barsine

At the same ceremony alexander also married.

Alexander the great wife barsine. After memnon s death several ancient historians have written of a love affair between her and alexander. Roxana of bactria was married to alexander the great in 327 bc. Roxane stateira and parysatis. In 334 the macedonian king alexander invaded the achaemenid empire and he defeated darius in the battle of issus november 333.

However there may have been political considerations too. Myth genesis and. However that doesn t necessarily mean he had on going intimate relationships with all of them. 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.

Barsine became the wife of her uncle mentor and after his death married her second uncle memnon. Barsine was a noble persian daughter of artabazus and wife of memnon. Barsine daughter of artabazus barsine was by birth a minor princess of the achaemenid empire of the persians for her father artabazus was the son of a great king s daughter 197 it is known that his father was pharnabazus who had married apame the. Alexander s lovers by andrew chugg 131 4.

Roxana wife of alexander the great. When she saw alexander the great she knew that he was the best her option. After 330 alexander wanted to be recognized as king of persia and a persian wife would surely improve the acceptance of his rule. After memnon s death of in 333 bc she felt she was free to look for another relationship.

She was also a daughter of the influential artabazus. Alexander was barsine s third lover and their affair may have been a grown up continuation of a childhood friendship. Barsine s father s reign was an unhappy one. Barsine was once a wife of memnon.

Barsine the noble wife of persian legend. Alexander s personal life was complicated nbsp we know that alexander married at least three women during his short life. Among the captives were darius mother sisygambis his wife statira his five year old son ochus and two daughters barsine and. In 334 bc the year of alexander s invasion of asia she and her.

And fell in love with his captive barsine for her beauty by whom he had afterwards a son that he called heracles. 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. Alexander immediately showed his interest in marrying roxana and got married to her in 327 bc prior to his expedition towards bharat.