(Ha’a-ibre Setep-en-Amun) (d. 304 B.C.E.) Ruler of Egypt and son of Alexander the Great He was the son of ALEXANDER [III] THE GREAT and Roxanne and ruled Egypt from 316 B.C.E. until his death. Alexander IV took the throne name Ha’a-ibre Setep-en- Amun, translated as “Re’s Heart Rejoices, Chosen of Amun.” Alexander IV was born after the death of his father in 323 B.C.E. His uncle PHILIP III ARRHIDAEUS,reportedly a somewhat challenged half brother of Alexander the Great, ruled from 323 to 316 B.C.E., when he was murdered.
PTOLEMY I served as satrap or governor of Egypt for both Philip and Alexander. Roxanne, as queen, probably held the post of regent for her son. In 304 B.C.E., Cas- sander, the Macedonian “General of Europe,” murdered Alexander and Roxanne. Queen OLYMPIAS, the mother of Alexander the Great, fell to the henchmen of Cassander at the same time. The royal house of Macedonia had been destroyed.
