When Alexander the Great died on June 11 323 BC he had 3 wives: Roxana of Bactria, Stateira II, daughter of Darius III of Persia and Parysatis II, daughter of Artaxerxes III of Persia. After his death Roxana, who was around 8 months pregnant had the two Persian wives murdered and gave birth to the child that would be Alexander IV. My question is this: What if one of Alexander's Persian wives was 8 months pregnant instead of Roxana and gave birth to Alexander's heir, lets go ahead and say its a boy. Would having a half Persian half Macedonian King the fall of Alexander's empire? Would Persia and the Asian Provinces and Governors be more likely to me loyal to the heir of Alexander and a member of the Persian Royal family than a child of Alexander and a woman considered by many to be a barbarian ?