Alexander I of Macedon
Greek · mortal · classical · Recorded classification
Macedonian king, distinct from Alexander III. His earlier royal pedigree is selectable separately from the legendary Satyrus genealogy.
Parentage
Recorded default; alternative parentage accounts are listed separately below.
- father: Amyntas I of MacedonHerodotus, Histories 8.139 (primary)
Parentage accounts
Each account is a separate source claim. The parentage and children listed outside these accounts use the recorded default. Selecting an account in the interactive app updates its lineage, descent classification and inherited-power candidates. Linked pedigree accounts are selected together; other records retain their recorded parentage. Claims of ancestry are not proof of biological descent or attested powers.
- Amyntas I — HerodotusThe immediate father is explicit in Herodotus; the group continues through his earlier king-list.
Descent unresolved; fraction unquantified because the account is incomplete.
- father: Amyntas I of MacedonHerodotus, Histories 8.139 (primary)
Complete cited pedigree (5 ancestral accounts)
- Amyntas I of MacedonThe Macedonian ancestry given in Histories 8.139. This account includes Argaeus between Perdiccas and Philip; it is not silently merged with the Satyrus quotation.
- father: Alcetas I of MacedonHerodotus, Histories 8.139 (primary)
- Alcetas I of MacedonThe Macedonian ancestry given in Histories 8.139. This account includes Argaeus between Perdiccas and Philip; it is not silently merged with the Satyrus quotation.
- father: Aeropus I of MacedonHerodotus, Histories 8.139 (primary)
- Aeropus I of MacedonThe Macedonian ancestry given in Histories 8.139. This account includes Argaeus between Perdiccas and Philip; it is not silently merged with the Satyrus quotation.
- father: Philip I of MacedonHerodotus, Histories 8.139 (primary)
- Philip I of MacedonThe Macedonian ancestry given in Histories 8.139. This account includes Argaeus between Perdiccas and Philip; it is not silently merged with the Satyrus quotation.
- father: Argaeus I of MacedonHerodotus, Histories 8.139 (primary)
- Argaeus I of MacedonThe Macedonian ancestry given in Histories 8.139. This account includes Argaeus between Perdiccas and Philip; it is not silently merged with the Satyrus quotation.
- father: Perdiccas I of MacedonHerodotus, Histories 8.139 (primary)
Children
Children in alternative accounts
- Amyntas, son of Alexander I: Alexander I — Syncellus through BennettSyncellus is consulted through Bennett, not independently collated.Chris Bennett, Egyptian Royal Genealogy, Arsinoe, note 2.v (reporting Syncellus p. 500 and Beloch, Griechische Geschichte IV.2, p. 177) (secondary)
Relations
- father: Amyntas I of MacedonHerodotus, Histories 8.139 (primary)
- father of: Amyntas, son of Alexander ISyncellus is consulted through Bennett, not independently collated.Chris Bennett, Egyptian Royal Genealogy, Arsinoe, note 2.v (reporting Syncellus p. 500 and Beloch, Griechische Geschichte IV.2, p. 177) (secondary)
- reported sibling: Menelaus, reported father of Amyntas IIIJustin calls Menelaus the brother of Alexander I in a chronologically compressed and conflicting paternal account. This report does not establish a shared parent.Justin, Epitome of Pompeius Trogus 7.4 (J. S. Watson translation) (primary)
Sources
- Alexander is son of Amyntas in the Macedonian king-list.: Herodotus, Histories 8.139 (primary)
- The younger Amyntas is reported as his son.: Chris Bennett, Egyptian Royal Genealogy, Arsinoe, note 2.v (reporting Syncellus p. 500 and Beloch, Griechische Geschichte IV.2, p. 177) (secondary)