What happened to the family of Darius III after the Battle of Issus?

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Alexander the Great Alexander the Great, detail from Alexander and Porus, painting by Charles Le Brun, 17th century; in the Louvre, Paris, France.

Following the Battle of Issus in 333 BCE, Darius III fled the battlefield, abandoning his mother, wife, and children to Alexander the Great.12

These family members were captured by Alexander’s forces. Subsequently, Darius sent letters to Alexander offering a large ransom and the cession of Achaemenid territory west of the Euphrates River in exchange for his family and an alliance; Alexander rejected these offers. Later, in 324 BCE, Alexander married one of Darius's daughters, Stateira (also called Barsine), during a mass wedding ceremony at Susa.3214