Back Аляксандр I (цар эпірскі) Byelorussian Александър I (Епир) Bulgarian Alexandre I de l'Epir Catalan Alexander I. (Epirus) German Αλέξανδρος Α΄ της Ηπείρου Greek Aleksandro la 1-a (Epiro) Esperanto Alejandro I de Epiro Spanish الکساندر یکم (اپیروس) Persian Aleksanteri I (Epeiros) Finnish Alexandre Ier (roi d'Épire) French

Alexander I of Epirus

Alexander I
King of Epirus
Coin of Alexander I. Obverse: head of Zeus. Reverse: thunderbolt, caption ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟY ΤΟΥ ΝΕΟΠΤΟΛΕΜΟΥ.
Reign343/2 - 331 BC
PredecessorArybbas of Epirus
SuccessorAeacides of Epirus
IssueNeoptolemus II of Epirus
HouseAeacidae
FatherNeoptolemus I of Epirus
ReligionAncient Greek religion

Alexander I of Epirus (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος Α'; c. 370 BC[1] – 331 BC), also known as Alexander Molossus (Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μολοσσός), was a king of Epirus (343/2–331 BC) of the Aeacid dynasty.[2][3] As the son of Neoptolemus I and brother of Olympias, Alexander I was an uncle, and a brother-in-law, of Alexander the Great. He was also an uncle to Pyrrhus of Epirus.

  1. ^ "Alexander of Molossis". livius.org. 21 April 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  2. ^ Ellis, J. R., Philip II and Macedonian Imperialism, Thames and Hudson, 1976, pp. 90–1, 156–7
  3. ^ Hammond, N. G. L., Philip of Macedon, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994, p. 51

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