{"slug": "alexander-iv-of-macedon", "label": "Alexander IV of Macedon", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_IV_of_Macedon", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207847", "qid": "Q207847", "description": "King of Macedonia from 323/2 to 309 BC", "entries": 10, "years": 6, "span": [-322, -308], "span_label": ["323 BCE", "309 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "alexander-the-great", "label": "Alexander the Great", "shared": 8}, {"slug": "roxana", "label": "Roxana", "shared": 7}, {"slug": "cassander", "label": "Cassander", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "polyperchon", "label": "Polyperchon", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "olympias", "label": "Olympias", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cyrene-libya", "label": "Cyrene, Libya", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "macedon", "label": "Macedon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "peloponnesus", "label": "Peloponnesus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "epirus", "label": "Epirus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "philip-ii-of-macedon", "label": "Philip II of Macedon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "eumenes", "label": "Eumenes", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -322, "year_label": "323 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Partition of Babylon sets out the division of the territories conquered by Alexander the Great between his generals. The partition is a result of a compromise, essentially brokered by Eumenes, following a conflict of opinion between the party of Meleager, who wishes to give full power to Philip III (the illegitimate son of King Philip II of Macedon by Philinna of Larissa), and the party of Perdiccas, who wishes to wait for the birth of the heir of Alexander and his wife, Roxana (the future Alexander IV) to give him the throne under the control of a regent.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1311163255#Macedonian_Empire", "title": "323 BC", "revid": 1311163255, "section": "Events › By place › Macedonian Empire"}}, {"year": -322, "year_label": "323 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Alexander IV of Macedon, son of Alexander the Great and Roxana (d. 309 BC).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1311163255#Births", "title": "323 BC", "revid": 1311163255, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -320, "year_label": "321 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "The key remaining generals (diadochi) of the late Alexander the Great agree to the Partition of Triparadisus (a town in northern Syria). This is a power-sharing agreement providing for a new regent to replace Perdiccas and it repartitions the satrapies of the empire that has been created by Alexander the Great. It follows but modifies the Partition of Babylon made two years earlier following the death of Alexander the Great. Under the agreement, Antipater becomes the regent of the Macedonian Empire on behalf of the two kings: the intellectually disabled Philip III Arrhidaeus and the infant Alexander IV of Macedon while Ptolemy is confirmed in possession of Egypt and Cyrene.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359962346#Macedonian_Empire", "title": "321 BC", "revid": 1359962346, "section": "Events › By place › Macedonian Empire"}}, {"year": -316, "year_label": "317 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Polyperchon flees to Epirus, where he joins Alexander the Great's mother Olympias, Alexander's widow Roxana, and Alexander's infant son Alexander IV. He forms an alliance with Olympias, who is acting as regent for Alexander IV, and King Aeacides of Epirus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354173231#Macedonian_Empire", "title": "317 BC", "revid": 1354173231, "section": "Events › By place › Macedonian Empire"}}, {"year": -315, "year_label": "316 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Cassander returns from the Peloponnesus and defeats Macedonia's regent Polyperchon in battle. Cassander blockades Olympias, mother of the late Alexander the Great, in Pydna, where she surrenders. Cassander takes Roxana and her son Alexander IV of Macedon into his custody.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1007737454#Greece", "title": "316 BC", "revid": 1007737454, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -315, "year_label": "316 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Cassander marries Thessaloniki, half-sister of Alexander the Great. He has Alexander's widow, Roxana and son, Alexander IV of Macedon, imprisoned at Amphipolis in Thrace. They are never to be seen alive again.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1007737454#Greece", "title": "316 BC", "revid": 1007737454, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -310, "year_label": "311 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "It is agreed by all parties that the young king Alexander IV of Macedon, son of Alexander the Great, will become king of the whole empire when he comes of age in six years' time.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1230109286#Asia_Minor/Syria/Palestina", "title": "311 BC", "revid": 1230109286, "section": "Events › By place › Asia Minor/Syria/Palestina"}}, {"year": -308, "year_label": "309 BCE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Cassander, who has held Roxana, widow of Alexander the Great, in prison for a number of years, has her put to death along with her young son Alexander, the nominal King Alexander IV of Macedon.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247027805#Greece", "title": "309 BC", "revid": 1247027805, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -308, "year_label": "309 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Roxana, wife of Alexander the Great, and mother of Alexander IV of Macedon", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247027805#Deaths", "title": "309 BC", "revid": 1247027805, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -308, "year_label": "309 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Alexander IV of Macedon (b. 323 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247027805#Deaths", "title": "309 BC", "revid": 1247027805, "section": "Deaths"}}]}