Stateira II

E74409

Stateira II was a Persian princess, daughter of Darius III, who became one of Alexander the Great’s wives as part of his political integration of the Achaemenid royal line.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Stateira II canonical 11
Alexander the Great – Stateira II 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Achaemenid royal ⓘ
Persian princess ⓘ
ancient Iranian woman ⓘ
queen consort ⓘ
afterCaptureStatus treated with respect by Alexander ⓘ
alternativeName Barsine ⓘ
Barsine ⓘ
surface form: Barsine (Stateira)
associatedWith Achaemenid–Macedonian dynastic union ⓘ
court of Alexander the Great ⓘ
capturedBy Alexander the Great ⓘ
causeOfDeath murder ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth 4th century BC ⓘ
dateOfDeath 323 BC ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Barsine, daughter of Artabazus ⓘ
era Hellenistic transition period ⓘ
ethnicGroup Persian ⓘ
event Capture of the family of Darius III after the Battle of Issus ⓘ
Mass wedding at Susa ⓘ
family Achaemenid dynasty ⓘ
father Darius III ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
historicalPeriod Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Late Achaemenid period
historicalRegion Ancient Near East ⓘ
killedBy Roxana ⓘ
associates of Roxana ⓘ
languageSpoken Old Persian ⓘ
marriageDate 324 BC ⓘ
marriagePlace Susa ⓘ
mentionedIn writings of Arrian ⓘ
writings of Diodorus Siculus ⓘ
writings of Plutarch ⓘ
mother Stateira I ⓘ
notableEvent posthumous power struggle after Alexander’s death ⓘ
notableFor marriage to Alexander the Great as part of his policy of integrating the Achaemenid royal line ⓘ
placeOfBirth Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
placeOfDeath Babylon ⓘ
positionHeld Achaemenid princess ⓘ
queen consort of Macedon ⓘ
wife of Alexander the Great ⓘ
reasonForMurder dynastic rivalry after Alexander’s death ⓘ
religion ancient Iranian religion ⓘ
sibling Drypetis ⓘ
spouse Alexander III of Macedon ⓘ
Alexander the Great ⓘ
spouseAtEvent Alexander the Great ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alexander the Great → spouse → Stateira II ⓘ
Darius III → child → Stateira II ⓘ
Stateira I → motherOf → Stateira II ⓘ
Drypetis → sibling → Stateira II ⓘ
Drypetis → residedWith → Stateira II ⓘ
Drypetis → contemporaryOf → Stateira II ⓘ
Mass wedding at Susa → notableMarriage → Stateira II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alexander the Great – Stateira II
Barsine → alsoKnownAs → Stateira II ⓘ
Alexander III of Macedon → spouse → Stateira II ⓘ