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Sisygambis was the mother of Darius III of Persia, whose reign was ended during the wars of Alexander the Great. After she was captured by Alexander at the Battle of Issus, she became devoted to him,
The family of Darius in front of Alexander, by Charles le Brun. Sisygambis (in yellow) kneels before the king
Alexander at the tent of Darius's family, by Sebastiano Ricci
Stateira was a queen of Persia as the wife of Darius III of Persia of the Achaemenid dynasty.
Sisygambis
…Achaemenid tradition). Another possibility is that she was the daughter of an Uxian leader. She gave birth to Darius, Oxyathres, and possibly also Stateira I. At the Battle of Issus (333 BCE), Darius's army was routed by Alexander the Great, and the Persian king fled the field, leaving his extended…
The family of Darios in front of Alexander, by Justus Sustermans and conserved in the Biblioteca Museu Víctor Balaguer, Vilanova i la Geltrú