Alexander III
  • Basileusof Macedon
  • Hegemon of the Hellenic League
  • StrategosAutokratorof Greece
  • Shahanshahof Persia
Alexander the Great mosaic.jpg
Alexander III riding Bucephalus on a Roman mosaic
Pharaoh of Egypt
Reign332–323 BC
PredecessorDarius III
Successor
  • Alexander IV
  • Philip III
Royal titulary
King of Macedon
Reign336–323 BC
PredecessorPhilip II
Successor
  • Alexander IV
  • Philip III
Lord of Asia
Reign331–323 BC
PredecessorNone
Successor
  • Alexander IV
  • Philip III
Born20 or 21 July 356 BC
Pella, Macedon (present-day Greece)
Died10 or 11 June 323 BC (aged 32)
Babylon, Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq)
Spouse
  • Roxana
  • Stateira
  • Parysatis
Issue
  • Alexander IV
  • Heracles (alleged illegitimate son)
Names
Alexander III of Macedon
Aléxandros(Ἀλέξανδρος)
DynastyArgead
FatherPhilip II of Macedon
MotherOlympias of Epirus
ReligionAncient Greek religion