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Is there anyone famous with my name

by BabyDoll

3/13/2007, 7:17 AM

I just wanted to know if there was anyone famous with a name like my name....

Roxanne is my name. Is there any history behind it?

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- Radoslava_F

3/18/2007, 5:39 PM

Click the link to the database and read about the history...it says a fair amount.

- Lora (reniannen17) +1

3/13/2007, 1:03 PM

Well in historical terms your name was that of Alexander the Great's first wife, a Persian noble woman. She gave birth to his son and heir but after Alexander's death there was much fighting between potential successors. Roxane (or more often Roxana) killed her rival, Alexander's second wife, and then in turn she and her son were killed by another claimant to the throne Cassander.

- Bear

3/13/2007, 7:54 PM

Well, the only Roxanne that comes to my mind is the character in Rostand's "Cyrano do Bergerac."

I never knew that about Alexander's first wife. Quite a story.

There's a Queen Roxelana (click on the name to find out her story) which is similar.

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