Stateira II

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Achaemenid royal Persian princess ancient Iranian woman queen consort

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.

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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 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Darius III → child → Stateira II ⓘ

Alexander the Great → spouse → Stateira II ⓘ