Stateira (wife of Darius III)

[1][2][3] Her husband abandoned his entire family at the site as he fled from Alexander, including his mother Sisygambis and his daughters Stateira II and Drypetis.

[3][2][4] According to Plutarch, Stateira died giving birth to a son, Ochus, in early 332 BC.

[5] However, this does not fit with other narratives as Ochus was already of an age to have survived childhood illness (between 4 and 7 years old) by 333 BC.

[citation needed] Darius' mother Sisygambis had a lifelong respect and genuine friendship with Alexander.

When Alexander died one year later these royal Persian women mourned his death, further indicating personal relationships rather than merely diplomatic ones.

The family of Darios in front of Alexander , by Justus Sustermans and conserved in the Biblioteca Museu Víctor Balaguer , Vilanova i la Geltrú