{"id":23552,"date":"2022-09-15T11:22:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T11:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancient-literature.com\/?p=23552"},"modified":"2022-09-22T18:39:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T18:39:01","slug":"alexander-the-great-spouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancient-literature.com\/alexander-the-great-spouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander the Great Spouse: Roxana and the Two Other Wives"},"content":{"rendered":"
Alexander the Great<\/strong> spouse was Roxana. Aside from marrying Roxana, Alexander married two other women from Persia: Barsine and Parysatis. In this article, you will learn why Alexander needed to marry several women and how Alexander the Great family lived after his death. <\/p>\n Discover their experiences of living a life with the great king.<\/p>\n Alexander the Great\u2019s spouse was named Princess Roxana.<\/strong> Other than Roxana, some historians characterized Alexander\u2019s personal relationships with his other wives: Stateira II, also known as Barsine, and Parysatis II. Among all his spouses, Roxana was Alexander\u2019s first, the most loved, and his favorite.<\/p>\n Although Alexander the Great got a hold of Bactria and Sogdia,<\/strong> Oxyartes and the war chiefs proceeded to resist the Macedonian army. They built a defense that became known as the Sogdian Rock. However, they were eventually defeated by Alexander the Great.<\/p>\n Alexander attended a gathering in a house of a Sogdian noble named Chorienes.<\/strong> Roxana was introduced to Alexander through this gathering as chief Oxyartes\u2019 daughter.<\/p>\n Roxana (also spelled as Roxanne) was a Sogdian or a Bactrian princess and the wife of the king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia, Alexander the Great. She was the daughter of Oxyartes, and she was captured and eventually married by Alexander<\/strong> in 327 BCE at the time of his conquest of Asia.<\/p>\n Aside from being the wife of the Macedonian king, Roxana was known for her Persian beauty. Some historians state that she was said to be the most beautiful woman in all of Asia. Her Persian name Roshanak, which means \u201clittle star,\u201d \u201clight,\u201d and \u201cilluminating,\u201d<\/strong> speaks of how beautiful she was.<\/p>\n When Roxana and Alexander married each other in 327 BC,<\/strong> Roxana was possibly in her late teens or early twenties. Meanwhile, it was also believed that Alexander fell in love with Roxana the first time he saw the Bactrian princess.<\/p>\n Their marriage received disapproval from Macedonian generals. The marriage of Roxana and Alexander became convenient and useful for politics, and it made the Sogdian army more obedient to Alexander and lessened the possibilities of a rebellion.<\/strong> The latter was because at the time the Sogdian army was more loyal and less rebellious to Alexander the Great after their defeat.<\/p>\n When Alexander died unexpectedly died in 323 BC, Roxana was still pregnant with their son, and the subject of leadership started to become a problem because no successor was left to replace Alexander’s leadership.<\/strong> Eventually, Alexander’s generals created an agreement to proclaim Alexander the Great’s half-brother, Philip II Arrhidaeus, as king.<\/p>\n Along with this agreement was for Alexander’s half-brother to rule until the child of Alexander was born.<\/strong> The generals agreed that if Roxana gave birth to a boy, he would be declared king, and a guardian would be designated for him.<\/p>\n When Alexander there were some rumors that Roxana ordered the murder of Alexander’s other wives:<\/strong> Stateira II (Barsine), as well as her sister Drypetis, and Parysatis, Alexander’s third wife. Unfortunately, Roxana and her son were thrown into prison in Amphibolis and then later on poisoned and died.<\/p>\n Alexander married Darius’ daughter, Stateira II,<\/strong> who is sometimes called Barsine. They got married after Alexander defeated his father at the Battle of Issus. At the Susa wedding, in 324 BC, she became Alexander the Great’s second wife, and during the same ceremony, Alexander also married Parysatis, Stateira II’s cousin, who became his third wife.<\/p>\n Stateira II was the eldest daughter of Stateira (same name as her daughter) and Darius III of Persia. When the Persians were defeated by Alexander’s army during the Battle of Issus,<\/strong> the Stateira family was captured. It was believed that during this time, many Persian women were brutally treated, but Stateira\u2019s family members were treated well, and they were the only Persians who were allowed to retain their social status.<\/p>\n Stateira and her family obeyed Alexander’s army for the next two years. Sisygambis acted as her guardian after her mother died around early 332.<\/strong> Darius attempted to ransom his family many times, but Alexander refused to free the women.<\/p>\nAlexander the Great and His Spouses<\/h2>\n
Alexander the Great spouse, Roxana<\/h3>\n
Roxana<\/h3>\n
Marriage Approval<\/h3>\n
After Alexander\u2019s Death<\/h3>\n
Alexander and Stateira II<\/h2>\n
Darius\u2019s Offer<\/h3>\n