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Did Alexander the Great have children?

2023-09-09 18:43:00, Blog CNA

Did Alexander the Great have children?

Alexander the Great ascended the Macedonian throne at the age of 20 and died just 12 years later, having conquered one of the largest empires in the ancient world. During that time, did he have children and, in the power vacuum after his death, what happened to these heirs?

In a word: yes. Alexander had one and possibly two children - both boys. One, known as Alexander IV, was his son by his wife Roxana. The other, known as "Heracles of Macedonia", was his son with Barsina, his girlfriend, writes Protothema .

Roxana was the daughter of a chieftain in Bactria, an area in Central Asia. Alexander's forces captured her while campaigning in the region and she married him around 327 BC, wrote Ian Worthington, professor of ancient history at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, in his book Alexander the Great: A Reader. (Routledge, 2012). But Alexander did not live to see their son; She was pregnant with Alexander IV when Alexander died in Babylon in 323 BC

"Heracles of Macedon" was born to his lover named Barsine, a Persian noblewoman, around 327 BC, making him about four years older than Alexander IV. Some scholars in modern times question whether Alexander was actually Barsina's father, as Alexander never formally acknowledged the child. But there seems to be a consensus among some modern scholars that Heracles was his biological son./ CNA





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