Amyntas, son of Alexander I
Greek · mortal · classical · Recorded classification
A younger member of the Macedonian royal house. Distinct from kings Amyntas I and III; this genealogical link is mediated through Bennett’s discussion of Syncellus.
Parentage
Recorded default; alternative parentage accounts are listed separately below.
- father: Alexander I of MacedonSyncellus 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)
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.
- Alexander I — Syncellus through BennettSecondary reporting of Syncellus, not the conjectured insertion into Satyrus’s text.
Descent unresolved; fraction unquantified because the account is incomplete.
- father: Alexander I of MacedonSyncellus 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)
Complete cited pedigree (6 ancestral accounts)
- Alexander I of MacedonThe immediate father is explicit in Herodotus; the group continues through his earlier king-list.
- father: Amyntas I of MacedonHerodotus, Histories 8.139 (primary)
- 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
- Arrhidaeus, father of Amyntas III: Amyntas son of Alexander I — reported pedigreeThis step is reported by Bennett’s genealogy discussion.Chris Bennett, Egyptian Royal Genealogy, Arsinoe, note 2.v (reporting Syncellus p. 500 and Beloch, Griechische Geschichte IV.2, p. 177) (secondary)
Relations
- father: Alexander I of MacedonSyncellus 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)
- father of: Arrhidaeus, father of Amyntas IIIThis step is reported by Bennett’s genealogy discussion.Chris Bennett, Egyptian Royal Genealogy, Arsinoe, note 2.v (reporting Syncellus p. 500 and Beloch, Griechische Geschichte IV.2, p. 177) (secondary)
Sources
- Younger son of Alexander I and father of Arrhidaeus in the pedigree reported by Bennett.: Chris Bennett, Egyptian Royal Genealogy, Arsinoe, note 2.v (reporting Syncellus p. 500 and Beloch, Griechische Geschichte IV.2, p. 177) (secondary)