Alexander the Great

.Alexander the Great - Birth : Alexander the Great was the son of King Philip II of Macedon and the non-Macedonian Olympias, daughter of King Neoptolemus I of Epirus. Alexander was born around July 20, 356 B.C. Olympias was not the only wife of Philip and there was much conflict between Alexander's parents, especially when Philip married a Macedonian queen.
.Alexander the Great - Youth : Alexander was tutored by Leonidas (possibly his uncle) and the great Greek philosopher Aristotle. It was during his youth that Alexander showed great observational powers when he tamed the wild horse Bucephalus. Later, when his beloved horse died, Alexander renamed a city in India for Bucephalus.
Alexander the Great - Regent : In 340 B.C., while father Philip went off to fight rebels, Alexander was made regent in Macedonia. During Alexander's regency, the Maedi of northen Macedonia revolted. Alexander put down the revolt and renamed their city Alexandroupolis.
On 336 Philip was assassinated and Alexander the Great became ruler of Macedonia.

Alexander the Great - The Gordian Knot : One legend about Alexander the Great is that when he was in Gordium, Turkey, in 333, he undid the Gordian Knot, which had been tied by the legendary King Midas.
The prophecy about the Gordian knot was that the person who untied it would rule all of Asia. Alexander the Great is said to have .undone the Gordian Knot not by unraveling it, but by slashing through it with a sword.
.Alexander the Great - Major Battles :
.Battle of the Granicus - 334 B.C. (western Turkey) against Persian satraps with Greek mercenaries.
.Battle of Issus - 333 B.C. (Hatay province of Turkey) against King Darius of Persia
.Battle of Gaugamela - 331 B.C. (northern Iraq) against King Darius of Persia
.Battle of the Hydaspes - 326 B.C. (nothern Punjab, Pakistan) against King Poros who ruled a small kingdom, but had war elephants.
.Alexander the Great - Death :
In 323 Alexander the Great returned to Babylonia where he became ill suddenly, and died. The cause of his death is unknown. It could have been disease or posion.
.Alexander the Great - Wives : Alexander the Great had three wives: Roxane, Statiera, and Parysatis.
.Alexander the Great - Children :
.Herakles, son of Alexander's mistress Barsine
.Alexander IV, son of Roxane