Philip II

In 370 BC Amyntas, ruler of Macedonia, died, leaving the throne to his son. However, his wife allied herself with the enemy of her son who killed him. She then married the murderer of her son and made him Regent. This marks the beginning of a period of terrible unrest in Macedonia. Ten years later a party opposing the Regent was backed by Athens and overthrew the Regent. The new king fell in battle with the Illyrians. The next ruler was Philip II, the youngest son of Amyntas and Eurydice. He freed Macedonia of external intervention, and he was so successful that he controlled all of Greece by the end of his rule. He was the father of Alexander the Great.