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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Barsine canonical 2
Barsine (Stateira) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ
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’ Bibliotheca historica ⓘ
linked to: Diodorus Siculus

Plutarch’s Life of Alexander ⓘ
linked to: Life of Alexander
spouse Alexander the Great ⓘ
timePeriod 4th century BC ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Stateira II → alternativeName → Barsine ⓘ
Stateira II → alternativeName → Barsine (Stateira) ⓘ
linked to: Barsine
Barsine → name → Barsine ⓘ