Barsine

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Barsine, better known as Stateira II, was a Persian princess and the daughter of Darius III who became one of Alexander the Great’s wives.

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Label Occurrences
Barsine canonical 2
Barsine (Stateira) 1

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Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Achaemenid royal
Persian princess
human
queen consort
alsoKnownAs Stateira II
associatedWith Wars of Alexander the Great
countryOfCitizenship Achaemenid Empire
deathCause assassination (traditional account, uncertain)
dynasty Achaemenid dynasty
ethnicGroup Persian
father Darius III
floruit late 4th century BC
gender female
grandfather Artaxerxes III
historicalStatus figure of classical antiquity
languageSpoken Old Persian
mother Stateira I
name Barsine self-link
notableEvent marriage to Alexander the Great at Susa
notableFamilyMember Alexander IV of Macedon
Hephaestion
Olympias
Philip II of Macedon
Roxana
notableFor being daughter of Darius III
being wife of Alexander the Great
participantIn Susa weddings
positionHeld queen consort of Macedon
wife of Alexander the Great
relative Sisygambis
religion ancient Iranian religion
sibling Drypetis
sourceMention Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander
Diodorus Siculus
surface form: Diodorus Siculus’ Bibliotheca historica

Life of Alexander
surface form: Plutarch’s Life of Alexander
spouse Alexander the Great
timePeriod 4th century BC

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

Stateira II alternativeName Barsine
Stateira II alternativeName Barsine
this entity surface form: Barsine (Stateira)
Barsine name Barsine self-link