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Alexander the Great ( - BC)
Alexander the Great in battle on his horse, Bucephalas ©Alexander III of Macedon, better known as Alexander the Great, single-handedly changed the nature of the ancient world in little more than a decade.
Alexander was born in Pella, the ancient capital of Macedonia in July BC. His parents were Philip II of Macedon and his wife Olympias. Alexander was educated by the philosopher Aristotle. Philip was assassinated in BC and Alexander inherited a powerful yet volatile kingdom. He quickly dealt with his enemies at home and reasserted Macedonian power within Greece. He then set out to conquer the massive Persian Empire.
Against overwhelming odds, he led his army to victories across the Persian territories of Asia Minor, Syria and Egypt without suffering a single defeat. His greatest victory was at the Battle of Gaugamela, in what is now northern Iraq, in BC. The young king of Macedonia, leader of the Greeks, overlord of Asia Minor and pharaoh of E
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His Majesty King Alexander was born 1 August in the summer Palace of Tatoi near Athens. He was king of Greece 11 June until his death 25 October
King Alexander was the second son of King Constantine I, he succeeded his father in , during World War I. The followers of Eleftherios Venizelos sent King Constantine I, and his eldest son Crown Prince George, into exile.
King Alexander married Aspasia Manos on 17 November , and he was bitten by a domestic monkey and died of sepsis. Aspasia Manos became Princess Aspasia of Greece and Denmark after King Alexander&#;s death and the restoration of King Constantine inom, on 10 September
King Alexander and Princess Aspasia had a daughter Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark born posthumously 21 March Princess Aspasia spent World War II in England. In , her daughter Princess Alexandra married King Peter II of Yugoslavia, and Aspasia became a grandmother with the birth of Crown Prince Alexander 17 July
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Alexander of Greece
King of Greece from to
For the ancient king, see Alexander the Great.
Alexander (Greek: Αλέξανδρος, romanized: Aléxandros; 1 August &#;&#; 25 October )[a] was King of Greece from 11 June until his death on 25 October
The second son of King Constantine&#;I, Alexander was born in the summer palace of Tatoi on the outskirts of Athens. He succeeded his father in , during World War I, after the Entente Powers and the followers of Eleftherios Venizelos pushed King Constantine and his eldest son, Crown Prince George, into exile. Having no real political experience, the new king was stripped of his powers by the Venizelists and effectively imprisoned in his own palace. Venizelos, as prime minister, was the effective ruler with the support of the Entente. Though reduced to the status of a puppet king, Alexander supported Greek troops during their war against the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. Under his reign, the territorial extent of Greece cons