Stateira (wife of Alexander the Great)

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Statira (Greek: Στάτειρα; died 323 BC), possibly also known as Barsine, was the daughter of Statira and Darius III of Persia. After her father's defeat at the Battle of Issus, Statira and her sisters became captives of Alexander of Macedon. They were treated well, and she became Alexander's second wife at the Susa weddings in 324 BC. At the same ceremony Alexander also married her cousin, Parysatis, daughter of Darius' predecessor. After Alexander's death in 323 BC, Statira was killed by Alexander's other wife, Roxana.

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