Alexander IV (323-311 BC)

The hieroglyphic
name of Alexander IV

Alexander IV (323-311 BC) was the ruler of Egypt and son of Alexander the extended He was the son of Alexander III the important and Rox- anne and ruled Egypt from 316 B.C.E. until his death. Alexander IV took the throne name Haa-ibre Setep-en-Amun, translated as Ra Heart Rejoices, Chosen of Amun. Alexander IV was born after the death of his father in 323 B.C.E. His uncle Philip III Arrhidaeus, reportedly a somewhat disputed half brother of Alexander the extended,  ruled  from 323 to 316  B.C.E., when he was murdered.

Alexander IV in a Coin

Ptolemy I served as satrap or regulator of Egypt for both Philip and Alexander. Roxanne, as queen, belike held  the post of regent for her son. In 304 B.C.E., Cassander, the Macedonian General of Europe, gone Alexander and Roxanne. Queen Olympias, the mother of Alexander the great, fell to the collaborators of Cassander at the like time. The royal house of Macedonia had been destroyed.

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