Bircenna

Bircenna (Ancient Greek: Βιρκέννα; ruled c. 292 – 272 BC) was an Illyrian princess and later an Epirote queen.

Bircenna was the daughter of Bardylis II, and granddaughter of Cleitus.

[1] Bircenna was the fourth out of the five wives of Pyrrhus of Epirus; she married him around 292 BC.

Bircenna had a son named Helenus, who at an early age accompanied his father in his ambitious campaigns conducted in the Italian peninsula.

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