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Roxane

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Also known as Roxanna, Roxana of Sogdiana, Ruksana, Rukhsana, Roxana of Bactria, Roxandra, Rushanak, Raoxshna

Alexander de Grote

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Roxana was a female human born in 347 BCE in Bactria. She was the daughter of Oxyartes and held the noble titles of princess and queen consort. Her given name is recorded as Roxana, and in her native language, it appears as Ρωξάνη. She was a citizen of Bactria.

She was the spouse of Alexander the Great and the mother of Alexandros IV of Macedon. Her occupation is listed as consort. Roxana died in 310 BCE in Amphipolis. Her manner of death is recorded as homicide and capital punishment. She is described by the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.

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Nationality
XS
Language
grc
Gender
Unknown

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Key facts

Royalty.name
Roxana
Royalty.image
Alexander The Greate and Roxane by Rotari 1756.jpg
Royalty.caption
Alexander the Great and Roxana, 1756 painting by Pietro Rotari
Royalty.succession
Queen consort of Macedonia, Egypt, and Persia
Royalty.reign
327-323 BC
Royalty.reign type
Tenure
Royalty.dynasty
Argead (by marriage)
Royalty.father
Oxyartes
Royalty.spouse
Alexander the Great
Royalty.issue
Unnamed first sonAlexander IV
Royalty.birth_date
Before 336 BC
Royalty.birth_place
Bactria
Royalty.death_date
310 BC
Royalty.death_place
Amphipolis, Macedon, Ancient Greece
Royalty.religion
Zoroastrianism

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Roxana
Gender
female
Citizenship
Bactria
Place of birth
Bactria
Place of death
Amphipolis
Father
Oxyartes
Occupation
consort
Noble title
queen consort
Image
Alexander The Greate and Roxane by Rotari 1756.jpg
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Commons category
Roxana
date of birth
0347-01-01
date of death
0310-00-00
manner of death
capital punishment
name in native language
Ρωξάνη
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Article · Nederlands

Roxane (uit het Perzisch: رخشان rokhshan) was de eerste vrouw van Alexander de Grote. Roxane kwam uit Bactrië en ze kreeg één zoon van Alexander (Alexander IV) maar Alexander stierf voordat de baby geboren was. Ze vluchtte naar Macedonië, waar ze de bescherming kreeg van Olympias, de moeder van Alexander. Ze slaagden erin om haar zoontje en de broer van Alexander, Arrhidaeus, op de troon te krijgen. Dat ging goed onder de regenten Perdiccas (323-321) en Antipater (321-319). Na hun dood grepen de gouverneurs in de provincies (de Diadochen) de macht en voerden oorlog om de verdeling van het rijk van Alexander. Olympias en Roxane konden dit niet volhouden. In 310/309 v.Chr. werd ze samen met haar zoontje vermoord door Cassander.

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