USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Alexander married three times: to Roxana of Bactria, Stateira, and Parysatis, daughter of Ochus. He fathered at least one child, Alexander IV of Macedon, born by Roxana shortly after his death in 323 BC.

Detailed explanation-2: -Stateira II, also known as Barsine, and Parysatis were Alexander the Great’s second and third wives, respectively; they married Alexander at the same time during the Susa weddings.

Detailed explanation-3: -Some accounts blamed Alexander’s mother, Olympias. Out of Philip’s seven or eight wives, she enjoyed prestige as the mother of the probable heir to the throne, but it was widely believed that Olympias and her husband had come to loathe each other.