Roxana was assassinated on the orders of Cassander, (along with her and Alexander's son) so he could become king of Macedonia. Roxana died in or around 309 B.C.
Roxana was the wife of Alexander the Great. It is pronounced 'Roxanne'.
Alexander the Great was married to Roxana daughter of the nobleman Oxyartes, Princess Stateira daughter of Darius III and Parysatis a Persian lady but there are no details about her ancestors. His son by Roxana Alexander IV was killed before entering adulthood after the death of his father.
Alexander the Great
Roxana (Roxanne) was one of the three wives of Alexander the Great, and so was Queen of Macedonia, and by extension of Alexander's empire. She was a Persian princess of Bactria, and married Alexander in 327 BC, four years before his untimely death. Roxana and Alexander's son were killed in 310 BC to eliminate them as rivals.
Roxana was a princess of the Persian empire and one of the wives of Alexander the Great. Cassander ordered her and her son assassinated in around 310 BC.
Roxana was assassinated on the orders of Cassander, (along with her and Alexander's son) so he could become king of Macedonia. Roxana died in or around 309 B.C.
Roxana
Roxana was the wife of Alexander the Great. It is pronounced 'Roxanne'.
Alexander the Great was married to Roxana daughter of the nobleman Oxyartes, Princess Stateira daughter of Darius III and Parysatis a Persian lady but there are no details about her ancestors. His son by Roxana Alexander IV was killed before entering adulthood after the death of his father.
Alexander the Great
Roxana (Roxanne) was one of the three wives of Alexander the Great, and so was Queen of Macedonia, and by extension of Alexander's empire. She was a Persian princess of Bactria, and married Alexander in 327 BC, four years before his untimely death. Roxana and Alexander's son were killed in 310 BC to eliminate them as rivals.
Alexander the Great, or Alexander III of Macedon (Alexander Karanid) did indeed have a family of his own. He was married to Roxana Bactrian Karanid and together they had one child, a son, '''Alexander '''"Aegus" '''Karanid '''IV. Alexander the Great also had four siblings, nieces and nephews and so on.
In 327 B.C., Roxane, a Bactrian princess and the daughter of Oxyartes, married Alexander the Grat Roxane gave birth to Alexander's posthumous son, Alexander Aegus and had Alexander's second wife, Stateira (Barsine), killed. Alexander Aegus was accepted by the Macedonian generals as co-ruler with Alexander the Great's half-brother Philip III Arrhidaeus. Roxane went to live with Alexander the Great's mother Olympias in 319, but then was captured by one of Alexander the Great's successors, Cassander, in 316. Cassander had Roxane and her son killed.
; Roxana (died c. 310 BCE) : Daughter of the Bactrian chief Oxyartes and first wife of Alexander the Great. After Alexander's death, she had his second wife and her infant daughter killed and gave birth to Alexander's son Alexander IV. On Page: http://www.religionfacts.com/greco-roman/people/alexander_the_great.htm
Alexander the Greats son was Alexander IV of Macedon
By his son Alexander the fourth. Alexander the great was Alexander the third. His son was murdered at the age of 13 shortly after the death of his father.