Queen Ada of Caria liked Alexander the Great so much that she adopted him as her son and successor and even sent him lots of cakes!

>At all events, she came out to meet him, and voluntarily surrendered her stronghold [**the stronghold of Alinda, the strongest fortress in all Caria**]. In return for her support, [Alexander](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Alexander_the_Great_mosaic.jpg) promised to re-establish her on the throne once Halicarnassus had been taken. He also, in due course, since she had a personal grudge against Orontobates, assigned her and her troops the task of besieging the acropolis. >The two of them seem to have got on famously. Alexander addressed the middle-aged queen as ‘Mother’, while she was for ever sending him little presents of cakes and sweetmeats from her own kitchens. Finally she adopted him as her son and official successor. _________________________ **Source:** Green, Peter. “The Road to Issus.” Alexander of Macedon: 356-323 B.C.: A Historical Biography. Univ. of California Press, 2005. 193. Print. _________________________ **Further Reading:** [Alexander III of Macedon / Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μέγας (Alexander the Great)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great) [Ὀρoντoβάτης (Orontobates)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orontobates) [Ἄδα (Ada of Caria)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_of_Caria) ___________________________ **If you enjoy this type of content, please consider donating to my [Patreon]( https://www.patreon.com/HistoryLockeBox)!**