Caranus of Macedon

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Caranus of Macedon is traditionally regarded as the legendary first king of Macedon and the founder of the Argead dynasty, from which Alexander the Great later descended.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Argead dynasty member
founder
legendary king
mythological figure
associatedDynasty Argead dynasty
surface form: House of Argead
associatedWith Argos
Heraclid descent tradition
associatedWithCity Vergina
surface form: Aegae (Vergina)
belongsToNarrativeType foundation myth
category Argead dynasty
surface form: Argead kings of Macedon

Founding monarchs
Mythological kings of Macedon
country Macedon
culture Ancient Greek
dynasty Argead dynasty
ethnicGroup Macedonian Greek
surface form: Macedonian Greeks
fieldOfSignificance ancient Macedonian royal ideology
gender male
hasDescendant Alexander the Great
Amyntas III
surface form: Amyntas III of Macedon

Philip II of Macedon
historicalEvidence uncertain
historicity legendary
languageOfName Ancient Greek
linkedTo Heraclid
surface form: Heracles (through Argead genealogy)
mentionedIn works of Diodorus Siculus
nameInGreek Κάρανος
notableFor being an ancestor of Alexander the Great
founding the Argead dynasty
originLegend Argive origin of the Argead dynasty
partOf Greek mythology
positionHeld King of Macedon
predecessor none (legendary founder)
realm Macedon
surface form: Kingdom of Macedon
region Upper Macedonia
religion Ancient Greek religion
role progenitor of Macedonian royal house
roleInTradition legitimizing Macedonian royal lineage
saidToBeTheFirstRulerOf Macedon
source later ancient historiography
status semi-legendary
successor Coenus of Macedon
timePeriod early Macedonian kingdom
traditionallyRegardedAs first king of Macedon
founder of the Argead dynasty

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Argead dynasty foundedBy Caranus of Macedon
Argead dynasty hasMember Caranus of Macedon
Argead dynasty hasMember Caranus of Macedon
this entity surface form: Perdiccas I of Macedon
Cleopatra Eurydice of Macedon as queen consort motherOf Caranus of Macedon
subject surface form: Cleopatra Eurydice of Macedon
this entity surface form: Caranus (son of Philip II of Macedon)