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'''Argead dynasty''' (in [[Greek language|Greek]]: {{polytonic|οἱ Ἀργεάδαι}} ''hoi Argeádai'') were the ruling family and founders of [[Macedon]], a nation in northern [[Greece]] from c. [[700 BC]] - c. [[309 BC]]. Supposedly descended from [[Heracles]], the demigod, the family's greatest members were [[Philip II of Macedon]] who united the Greeks and [[Alexander the Great]] who defeated the Persian Empire and created the Empire of Alexander. The Argead line ended during the [[wars of the Diadochi]] when Alexander III's sister [[Cleopatra]] was murdered in [[Sardis]] by the local garisson commander at the behest of [[Antigonus I Monophtalmus|Antigonus Monophtalmus]], before she could flee to Egypt to accept the marriage proposal of [[Ptolemy I]]. The last legitimate male of the Argead line was [[Alexander IV of Macedon|Alexander IV]], son of Alexander III with Roxanne, the daughter of the Bactrian warlord and later Satrap of Paropamisadai Oxyartes. He was murdered by [[Cassander]], the current King and formally strategos of Macedon, after he entered into a treaty with his fellow Diadochi, acknowledging the end of their independent rule when Alexander's young son came of age.

Before acquiescing to Cassander, the successor to the imperial regency (an office first held by [[Perdiccas]], until his murder at the failure of his Nile campaign) [[Polyperchon]] championed the cause of an illegitimate son of Alexander III, [[Heracles (Macedon)|Heracles]], born of his union with the Persian Barsine. He had been raised in [[Pergamon]], unacknowledged by Alexander, but was sufficient for the now deposed and ineffective regent's attempt to topple Cassander. Before he could be put to any use however, Polyperchon was bribed by Cassander with a minor position in Southern Greece and a personal army, in exchange for the murder of the Argead "pretender." With him the Argead line terminated, his murder having come only a few years after Alexander IV.
== Monarchs ==
*[[Karanus of Macedon|Karanus]] 808-778 BC
*[[Koinos of Macedon|Koinos]]
*[[Tyrimmas of Macedon|Tyrimmas]]
*[[Perdiccas I of Macedon|Perdiccas I]] 700-678 BC
*[[Argaeus I of Macedon|Argaeus I]] 678-640 BC
*[[Philip I of Macedon|Philip I]] 640-602 BC
*[[Aeropus I of Macedon|Aeropus I]] 602-576 BC
*[[Alcetas I of Macedon|Alcetas I]] 576-547 BC
*[[Amyntas I of Macedon|Amyntas I]] 547-498 BC
*[[Alexander I of Macedon|Alexander I]] 498-454 BC
*[[Perdiccas II of Macedon|Perdiccas II]] 454-413 BC
*[[Archelaus I of Macedon|Archelaus]] 413-399 BC
*[[Craterus of Macedon|Craterus]] 399 BC
*[[Orestes of Macedon|Orestes]] and [[Aeropus II of Macedon|Aeropus II]] 399-396 BC
*[[Archelaus II of Macedon|Archelaus II]] 396-393 BC
*[[Amyntas II of Macedon|Amyntus II]] 393 BC
*[[Pausanias of Macedon|Pausanias]] 393 BC
*[[Amyntas III of Macedon|Amyntas III]] 393 BC
*[[Argaeus II of Macedon|Argaeus II]] 393-392 BC
*[[Amyntas III of Macedon|Amyntas III]] (restored) 392-370 BC
*[[Alexander II of Macedon|Alexander II]] 370-368 BC
*[[Ptolemy I of Macedon|Ptolemy I]] 368-365 BC
*[[Perdiccas III of Macedon|Perdiccas III]] 365-359 BC
*[[Amyntas IV of Macedon|Amyntas IV]] 359-356 BC
*[[Philip II of Macedon|Philip II]] 359-336 BC
*[[Alexander the Great|Alexander III]] (the Great) 336-323 BC
**[[Antipater]], Regent of Macedon 334-319 BC
*[[Philip III of Macedon|Philip III Arrhidaeus]] 323-317 BC, only titular king
*[[Alexander IV of Macedon|Alexander IV]] 323-310 BC, only titular king
**[[Perdiccas]], Regent of Macedon 323-321 BC
**[[Antipater]], Regent of Macedon 321-319 BC
**[[Polyperchon]], Regent of Macedon 319-317 BC
**[[Cassander]], Regent of Macedon 317-306 BC

==External links==
*[http://www.macedonia.com/english/kings.html List of the Kings of Macedonia]

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−	'''Argead dynasty''' (in [[Greek language\|Greek]]: Aργεάδαι ''Argeádai'') were the ruling family and founders of [[Macedon]], a nation in northern [[Greece]] from c. [[700 BC]] - c. [[309 BC]]. Supposedly descended from [[Heracles]], the demigod, the family's greatest members were [[Philip II of Macedon]] who united the Greeks and [[Alexander the Great]] who defeated the Persian Empire and created the Empire of Alexander. The Argead line ended during the [[wars of the Diadochi]] when Alexander III's sister [[Cleopatra]] was murdered in [[Sardis]] by the local garisson commander at the behest of [[Antigonus I ~~Monophtalmus~~\|Antigonus ~~Monophtalmus~~]], before she could flee to Egypt to accept the marriage proposal of [[Ptolemy I]]. The last legitimate male of the Argead line was [[Alexander IV of Macedon\|Alexander IV]], son of Alexander III with Roxanne, the daughter of the Bactrian warlord and later Satrap of Paropamisadai Oxyartes. He was murdered by [[Cassander]], the current King and formally strategos of Macedon, after he entered into a treaty with his fellow Diadochi, acknowledging the end of their independent rule when Alexander's young son came of age.	+	'''Argead dynasty''' (in [[Greek language\|Greek]]: Aργεάδαι ''Argeádai'') were the ruling family and founders of [[Macedon]], a nation in northern [[Greece]] from c. [[700 BC]] - c. [[309 BC]]. Supposedly descended from [[Heracles]], the demigod, the family's greatest members were [[Philip II of Macedon]] who united the Greeks and [[Alexander the Great]] who defeated the Persian Empire and created the Empire of Alexander. The Argead line ended during the [[wars of the Diadochi]] when Alexander III's sister [[Cleopatra]] was murdered in [[Sardis]] by the local garisson commander at the behest of [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus\|Antigonus Monophthalmus]], before she could flee to Egypt to accept the marriage proposal of [[Ptolemy I]]. The last legitimate male of the Argead line was [[Alexander IV of Macedon\|Alexander IV]], son of Alexander III with Roxanne, the daughter of the Bactrian warlord and later Satrap of Paropamisadai Oxyartes. He was murdered by [[Cassander]], the current King and formally strategos of Macedon, after he entered into a treaty with his fellow Diadochi, acknowledging the end of their independent rule when Alexander's young son came of age.

	Before acquiescing to Cassander, the successor to the imperial regency (an office first held by [[Perdiccas]], until his murder at the failure of his Nile campaign) [[Polyperchon]] championed the cause of an illegitimate son of Alexander III, [[Heracles (Macedon)\|Heracles]], born of his union with the Persian Barsine. He had been raised in [[Pergamon]], unacknowledged by Alexander, but was sufficient for the now deposed and ineffective regent's attempt to topple Cassander. Before he could be put to any use however, Polyperchon was bribed by Cassander with a minor position in Southern Greece and a personal army, in exchange for the murder of the Argead "pretender." With him the Argead line terminated, his murder having come only a few years after Alexander IV.		Before acquiescing to Cassander, the successor to the imperial regency (an office first held by [[Perdiccas]], until his murder at the failure of his Nile campaign) [[Polyperchon]] championed the cause of an illegitimate son of Alexander III, [[Heracles (Macedon)\|Heracles]], born of his union with the Persian Barsine. He had been raised in [[Pergamon]], unacknowledged by Alexander, but was sufficient for the now deposed and ineffective regent's attempt to topple Cassander. Before he could be put to any use however, Polyperchon was bribed by Cassander with a minor position in Southern Greece and a personal army, in exchange for the murder of the Argead "pretender." With him the Argead line terminated, his murder having come only a few years after Alexander IV.

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−	'''Argead dynasty''' (in [[Greek language\|Greek]]: ~~{{polytonic\|οἱ Ἀργεάδαι}}~~ ''~~hoi~~ Argeádai'') were the ruling family and founders of [[Macedon]], a nation in northern [[Greece]] from c. [[700 BC]] - c. [[309 BC]]. Supposedly descended from [[Heracles]], the demigod, the family's greatest members were [[Philip II of Macedon]] who united the Greeks and [[Alexander the Great]] who defeated the Persian Empire and created the Empire of Alexander. The Argead line ended during the [[wars of the Diadochi]] when Alexander III's sister [[Cleopatra]] was murdered in [[Sardis]] by the local garisson commander at the behest of [[Antigonus I Monophtalmus\|Antigonus Monophtalmus]], before she could flee to Egypt to accept the marriage proposal of [[Ptolemy I]]. The last legitimate male of the Argead line was [[Alexander IV of Macedon\|Alexander IV]], son of Alexander III with Roxanne, the daughter of the Bactrian warlord and later Satrap of Paropamisadai Oxyartes. He was murdered by [[Cassander]], the current King and formally strategos of Macedon, after he entered into a treaty with his fellow Diadochi, acknowledging the end of their independent rule when Alexander's young son came of age.	+	'''Argead dynasty''' (in [[Greek language\|Greek]]: Aργεάδαι ''Argeádai'') were the ruling family and founders of [[Macedon]], a nation in northern [[Greece]] from c. [[700 BC]] - c. [[309 BC]]. Supposedly descended from [[Heracles]], the demigod, the family's greatest members were [[Philip II of Macedon]] who united the Greeks and [[Alexander the Great]] who defeated the Persian Empire and created the Empire of Alexander. The Argead line ended during the [[wars of the Diadochi]] when Alexander III's sister [[Cleopatra]] was murdered in [[Sardis]] by the local garisson commander at the behest of [[Antigonus I Monophtalmus\|Antigonus Monophtalmus]], before she could flee to Egypt to accept the marriage proposal of [[Ptolemy I]]. The last legitimate male of the Argead line was [[Alexander IV of Macedon\|Alexander IV]], son of Alexander III with Roxanne, the daughter of the Bactrian warlord and later Satrap of Paropamisadai Oxyartes. He was murdered by [[Cassander]], the current King and formally strategos of Macedon, after he entered into a treaty with his fellow Diadochi, acknowledging the end of their independent rule when Alexander's young son came of age.

	Before acquiescing to Cassander, the successor to the imperial regency (an office first held by [[Perdiccas]], until his murder at the failure of his Nile campaign) [[Polyperchon]] championed the cause of an illegitimate son of Alexander III, [[Heracles (Macedon)\|Heracles]], born of his union with the Persian Barsine. He had been raised in [[Pergamon]], unacknowledged by Alexander, but was sufficient for the now deposed and ineffective regent's attempt to topple Cassander. Before he could be put to any use however, Polyperchon was bribed by Cassander with a minor position in Southern Greece and a personal army, in exchange for the murder of the Argead "pretender." With him the Argead line terminated, his murder having come only a few years after Alexander IV.		Before acquiescing to Cassander, the successor to the imperial regency (an office first held by [[Perdiccas]], until his murder at the failure of his Nile campaign) [[Polyperchon]] championed the cause of an illegitimate son of Alexander III, [[Heracles (Macedon)\|Heracles]], born of his union with the Persian Barsine. He had been raised in [[Pergamon]], unacknowledged by Alexander, but was sufficient for the now deposed and ineffective regent's attempt to topple Cassander. Before he could be put to any use however, Polyperchon was bribed by Cassander with a minor position in Southern Greece and a personal army, in exchange for the murder of the Argead "pretender." With him the Argead line terminated, his murder having come only a few years after Alexander IV.