Alexander's daughter?

[Donald]

Hi,I was just working on my family and researching it. I saw some websites on genealogy and they claimed they came from Alexander's descendents through his daughter, Aesopia, who married to Achaeus, son of Seleucus I "Nicator", King of Syria. I've tried to check other sources and they keep coming back to the genealogy websites. I just want to know if it is true or not.Thanks,
Donald

[Kit]

Hi Donald,To answer your question, there is no record of Alexander having a daughter. For a fuller discussion of Alexander's children (of which only Alexander IV and Herakles are considered likely) you may wish to check out the home page to this site. Then select Alexander and Children.regards,Kit.P.S- beware any geneolgy site that claims to have family trees traced back to someone who died in 323BC!

[Donald]

I know what you mean but if you or anyone are interested, you might want to check this out:http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com ... 651690.htm

[ancientlibrary]

Incidentally, Seleucus did have a son named Achaeus. His wife is marked as "F" (ie., no-name) in Green's Seleucid stemma. I can't find him (or "Aesopia") in Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography ( http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/ ) or the OCD. I did a TLG search for Aesopia (Aisopia, Aisopeia, Aisopie, etc.) in the TLG, which has almost all Greek literature. No dice, no names. It's possible the name occurs in some inscription or documentary papyrus, although I doubt it.
Incidentally, I must admire the effort. If you're going to connect hellenistic people to modern, the way I see it being done looks perfect. Hellenistic Greeks-Parthians-Armenians-Byzantines-Crusaders. Once you get to Crusaders you're home free...Incidentally, I have a stake in this, as I am descended from none other than Charlemagne! I can prove this because my family has a two-part framed family tree. The top part goes from Charlemagne to two-dozen English and French worthies helpfully numbered 1-24. We then have the second piece corresponding to the number which, in turn, brings us down to another two-dozen 18c. individuals, one of whom is an ancestor to the "better" side of my family. That we could probably do it through any of the other sides of our family--no doubt easiest through the Normany branch which, although common and poor, were actual Frenchmen--is hardly the point, or that millions of others could do the same. The point is, as far as I'm concerned, France and Germany are my rightful patrimony, together with the outremer by way of various Crusaders underneath Charlemagne. If I may also lay claim to the rest of Alexander's Empire too, great.

[marcus]

I'm not sure how to read the genealogy, but I certainly see what you mean.There appear to be a number of errors in it, though - many errors, in fact ... that is, if I *am* reading it correctly.It is quite interesting to see what they've done, however.All the bestMarcus

[ruthaki]

And I'm related to Little John of Robin's Merry band. (Or so my Uncle once claimed as my Mom's family came from Nottingham area.) I wonder if that so-called 'daughter' of 'Alexander" might have been one of the other Alexander's daughters? Interesting how these things crop up.