Ruler · 359 – 317 BCE

Philip III of Macedon

Lived 359 – 317 BCE; politician. King of Macedonia (Macedonia), 323 BCE – 317 BCE; also in the line of Argead dynasty.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 359 BCE – 317 BCE; 42 years
In office: 6 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: killed in office; Wikidata's manner of death

King of Macedonia

Macedonia · the 7th of 25 dated reigns · 393 BCE – 168 BCE

3 before

Amyntas IV359 BCE

Philip II of Macedon359 BCE – 336 BCE

Alexander the Great336 BCE – 323 BCE

Philip III of Macedon323 BCE – 317 BCE

Alexander IV of Macedon322 BCE – 309 BCE

Cassander305 BCE – 297 BCE

Philip IV of Macedon297 BCE

15 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 323 BCE – 317 BCE · 6 years · came to it aged 36

Came to it: the sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: killed in officeWikidata's manner of death: homicide

Also in the line of Argead dynasty (7th of 8).

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