Did Alexander the Great have children? Why? Alexander the Great, the ancient Macedonian king and military conqueror, is not known to have had any legitimate or acknowledged children. He married three times—first to Roxana, a Sogdian princess; then to Stateira II, a Persian princess; and finally to Parysatis II, a daughter of the Persian king Darius III. Despite these marriages, there is no historical record of Alexander having any children who were recognized as his heirs.
Alexander died in 323 BCE at the age of 32, and after his death, his vast empire was divided among his generals in an event known as the Wars of the Diadochi. The lack of a clear heir led to a power struggle among his former generals, and the empire eventually fragmented into several successor states.
While there were later claims of individuals asserting to be Alexander’s descendants, such as through the Egyptian pharaoh Cleopatra, these claims are generally not considered credible by historians. The lack of a direct heir and the subsequent division of his empire contributed to the Hellenistic period, during which the influence of Greek culture spread across the known world.
