Name Caranus Caranus Parents Philip II of Macedon | Cousins Amyntas IV of Macedon | |
Siblings Alexander the Great, Europa of Macedon Grandparents Amyntas III of Macedon, Eurydice I of Macedon Nephews Alexander IV of Macedon, Philip IV of Macedon Uncles Alexander II of Macedon, Perdiccas III of Macedon Similar People | ||
Caranus (Greek: Κάρανος) was the son of Philip and Cleopatra Eurydice, and therefore a half-brother of Alexander the Great. Cleopatra Eurydice also bore Philip a female child, Europa, a few days before his death. According to Justin, Alexander had Caranus killed soon after his accession in 336 . Pausanias reports that Olympias was responsible for the deaths of Cleopatra and her son.
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