| Philip II of Macedon Information - TextSheet.com (249 words) |
 | Philip II (382 BC - 336 BC), King of Macedon (359 BC - 336 BC) Olympionike, was the father of Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedon) and Philip III of Macedon. |
| Coin with likeness of Philip II Born in Pella in 382 BC, he was King Amyntas III of Macedon and Queen Eurydice's youngest son, but the deaths of his elder brothers Kings Alexander II of Macedon and Perdiccas III of Macedon allowed him to take the throne in 359 BC. |
| Two years later, in 336 BC, when he was about to embark on an invasion of Persia, Philip was assassinated by a servant named Pausanias. |
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