Alexander the Great Family Tree

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CREDITS:
Chart: Matt Baker
Script/Narration: Matt Baker
Editing: Jack Rackam
Intro animation: Syawish Rehman

[UsefulCharts]

Update: Okay, I was able to edit the video in order to remove the misleading comment I made about Alexander being Macedonian and not Greek. Actually, he was both. At the time, the ancient Macedonians were a group that lived on the borders of the main Greek world. But they were still Greek. It's just that historians often make the distinction between the Greeks of the Golden Age and the Macedonian-led Greeks from Phillip/Alexander onwards. That's all I was trying to say. I was certainly not claiming that Alexander was Macedonian according to the modern definition. Sorry for the confusion.

[JohnJohn-lsuz]

I don’t think you should’ve made a distinction between Macedonians and Greeks, the comment section is going to be a dumpster fire

[smitelf]

I wish the chart showed that Cassander married Alexander the Great's half-sister Thessalonike, which seems important given that he did so to shore up his legitimacy.

[chm]

Historians make a distiction between the Classical Greeks (Athens, Sparta., ) and the other Hellenes, but they were all Hellenic/Greeks. For example, Alexander's Mother was from Epirus, which like Macedonia are Greek.
Consequently, both Epirus and Macedonia are provinces in modern day Greece.

[MattFyrm]

Who would be Pharaoh today?

Anyone wanna see matt go bloody mad over literally thousands of years to comb through in search of heirs?

[dmitrivlad]

Dude, it's always a pleasure watching one of your videos!!!

[rwolfheart]

I would love to see an expanded version of the legendary section! It's hard to keep them all straight sometimes when I'm reading the classics (Oedipus, Medea, the Oresteia, The Iliad and The Odyssey)

[douggieharrison]

Nice intro!! This page is growing quickly, i love watching the development

[NuernbergLP]

Omg how inbred is that ptolemaic dynasty hahah it's like Crusader Kings in real life

[nicko]

Yes, yes, yes!! This is exactly the poster I was hoping for. I just bought 4 posters the other day and now I am pledging for this one immediately. Keep up the great work!!

[Theodoros_Kolokotronis]

One interesting fact that not many people are aware of is that, one of the Greek Royal Houses that ruled in the Byzantine Empire, was the Argead Dynasty. Descending from the city of Argos in southern Greece, the Argead Royal House was the ancestor parent house of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great..

A dynasty linking the Hellenistic era with the Byzantine Empire, almost 15 centuries…

[cyrusachaeman]

I believe Roxana was a bactrian Princess. Cuz in Afghanistan we were being taught, that in order to improve his relationship with the King of Bactria, he (Alexander) married the daughter of the King(Roxana). And I am 100% sure Roxana is a Persian Name and she was from central Asia.

[eshamejaz]

I learned so much just watching your videos. Would love to see a video about Achilles. Thank you for a great work!

[hieratics]

*Who would be the King of Jerusalem chart* 😆😆😆

[Rickigi]

What an excellent tree you made! Must of taken so long!

[sumowrestler]

Could you do a video about family trees in Lord of the Rings? I think it would be fascinating.

[Theodoros_Kolokotronis]

Like most words in the Greek language that have a solid etymology and an ancient background, Alexander’s name (Alexandros in Greek) derives from the ancient Greek components alexo (I defend) and aner (man), literally “Defender of Men”.

[The_Cultural_Historian_DrRGST]

I love your stuff - ever thought of putting together a book with flip out pages. . .

[tasoslts]

Αncient Macedonians were Greeks. They said that they were Greeks, they had all of their cultural characteristics common with all the other ancient Greek City states, and most everyone accepted them as Greeks. To claim otherwise is sheer nonsense. Since there are not any archaeological evidence backing this claim up, it will always remain just that, a claim. A theory with no backing evidence support, wich is, FALSE.

Edit: I saw your comment and I appreciate that you stated the truth, I always thought that you have a mass knowledge as to ethnicity and history, it was a very unpleasant surprise to watch that video!! Pin your comment so that everyone can see it!

[corcaighogormghus]

Alexander was Greek and he lived in Macedon. He was not a slav like the current "North Macedonians".
In the end, he was a Greek Macedonian not a Slavic Macedonian. So he was greek