ALAKSANDU

'Alaksandu' was a king of Wilusa who sealed a treaty with Muwatalli II (1295-1272 BCE) ca. 1280 BC. This treaty implies that Alaksandu had previously secured a treaty with Muwatalli's father, Mursili II (1322-1295 BCE), as well.
Alaksandu was a successor of one Kukkunni, although it is not known if he was his immediate successor. Muwatalli recalls the friendship of Kukkunni with his own grandfather, Suppiluliuma I, and further evokes over three centuries of friendship between the Hittites and Wilusa dating back to the reign of Hattusili I.
Muwatalli in his letter downplays the importance of royal ancestry, suggesting that Alaksandu had come to power by other means than regular succession, so that Alaksandu is not necessarily a blood-relation of Kukkunni's. This has been taken as a hint that he may have been an early Greek ruler called Alexander, and he has been associated with Homer's ''Alexandros'' of ''Ilion'', who is better known by his nickname Paris, of Troy.

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★ Troy VII

★ Ahhiyawa

★ Assuwa

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★ http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/troia/deu/lataczwilusa.pdf