Audata
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- Monarch.consort
- yes
- Monarch.name
- Audata Αὐδάτη
- Monarch.title
- Queen Consort of Macedonia
- Monarch.succession
- Queen Consort of Macedonia
- Monarch.reign
- 359 – 336 BC
- Monarch.regnal name
- Eurydice
- Monarch.predecessor
- Cynane
- Monarch.successor
- Phila of Elimeia
- Monarch.spouse
- Philip II
- Monarch.issue
- Cynane
- Monarch.dynasty
- Argead (by marriage)
- Monarch.death_date
- 336 BC
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- date of death
- 0336-01-01
- name in native language
- Αὐδάτη
- date of birth
- 0350-00-00
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Audata (Ancient Greek Αὐδάτη; ruled 359 – 336 BC) was an Illyrian princess and the first attested wife of Philip II of Macedon.
==Biography== She was the daughter or granddaughter of the Illyrian king Bardyllis. In order to concentrate on the internal struggle necessary to secure his crown, Philip II reaffirmed the treaty the Illyrians had imposed on Macedonia by force of arms and sealed the alliance with Bardyllis by his marriage of Audata. This action undoubtedly deterred a full-scale Illyrian invasion of Macedonia at a time when the country was most vulnerable. Philip II immediately consolidated his power as a result, so much that he defeated Bardylis in a decisive battle in 358 BC.