wedding stateira to alexander
Drypetis

Stateira III and Drypetis – The last Princesses of the Achaemenid Empire and became hostages of Alexander the Great, one of whom became his wife

Queen Stateira III (also called Barsine[1]) and Princess Drypetis were the last princesses of the Persian Achaemenid Empire.[2] They were the daughters of King Darius III, the last King of the Achaemenid Empire.[3] Queen Stateira III and Princess Drypetis became Alexander the Great’s hostages.[4] Queen Stateira III married King Alexander the Great and became one of his [read more]