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The family of Darios in front of Alexander, by Justus Sustermans and conserved in the Biblioteca Museu Víctor Balaguer, Vilanova i la Geltrú. Stateira (Greek: Στάτειρα; 370 BC – early 332 BC) was a queen of Persia as the wife of Darius III of Persia of the Achaemenid dynasty.
Historian Elizabeth Donnelly Carney speculates that Alexander had already decided to marry Stateira and was preparing her for life as his wife. [7] Stateira became Alexander's second wife in 324 BC, almost ten years after her capture, in a mass ceremony known as The Susa weddings [7] which lasted five days. Ninety other Persian noblewomen were ...
Alexander had a close emotional attachment to his companion, cavalry commander and childhood friend, Hephaestion. He studied with Alexander, as did a handful of other children of Ancient Macedonian aristocracy, under the tutelage of Aristotle. Hephaestion makes his appearance in history at the point when Alexander reaches Troy.
According to Arrian, in 324 BC, Parysatis married Alexander at Susa. On the same day, Alexander married Darius's eldest daughter, Stateira. By wedding both women, Alexander cemented his ties to both branches of the royal family of the Achaemenid Empire. [2] [3] The marriage celebration lasted five days. During that time, 90 other Persian ...
Alexander was already married to Roxana, the daughter of a Bactrian chief, but Macedonian and Persian customs allowed several wives. Alexander himself married Stateira (sometimes called Barsine, but not to be confused with Barsine , wife of Memnon ), the eldest daughter of Darius , and, according to Aristobulus , another wife in addition ...
Darius Rucker has learned to treat himself with kindness in the years since his split from his estranged wife, Beth Leonard. “My 50-something self is a lot more forgiving than the mid-20 ...
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July 7, 1955: The couple's only son, Alexander, is born. A few years after having Jamie, Felicia gave birth their second child and only son, Alexander Bernstein.