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Perdikkas I Argaead

Perdikkas I's father was Tyrimmas Argead and his mother was Cleonice. His paternal grandparents were Koinos Argead and <Unknown>. He was an only child.

Death Notes
- Death: 652 B.C.

General Notes
- King of Macedonia, the Balkan Peninsula, 0672 B.C.. King of Macedonia Perdiccas I Argead hired himself out to serve the king and took charge of the smaller cattle in Lebaea, Upper Macedonia.2 He fell afoul of the king because of wages, and with his brothers, and fled to another part of Macedonia, in which they crossed a stream which thereafter swelled so that pursuit was impossible, and took up their abode near the place called "the Gardens of Midas, son of Gordias".2 He left Illyria and crossed to Upper Macedonia where he and his brothers came to the town of Lebaea.2 He was the son of Tyrimmas Argead and Cleonice (?) .3,2 He was born in Argos. He fled Argos to the Illyrians.2 He married Cleopatra (?) .3
  Child of King of Macedonia Perdiccas I Argead and Cleopatra (?) :
  King of Macedonia Argaeus I Argaead+
  [S204] Roderick W. Stuart, Royalty for Commoners: The Complete Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, Kings of England, and Queen Philippa (.: ., 3rd Ed., 1998), 413-90. Hereinafter cited as RfC.
  [S723] Herodotus of Halicarnassus, The History of Herodotus (London and New York: MacMillan and Co., 1890). Hereinafter cited as Herodotus' History.
  [S921] Michael Marcotte's Genealogy: Argead Chart, online . Hereinafter cited as Marcotte's Argead Chart.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Aristodamides Heraclid ^*
  
  Phidon Heraclid
  
  Karanos Argead
  
  Koinos Argead
  
  Lanice
  
  Tyrimmas Argead
  
  Perdikkas I Argaead
  
  Cleonice
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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Perdikkas I Argaead

Ancestor Pedigree Chart