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Darius I
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The fourth and greatest Achaemenid emperor (522–486 BC)
- Child of Hystaspes and Irdabama
- Married to Atossa, Artystone, Parmys and 2 more
- Dated 550 BCE – November 486 BCE
King of Kings
pharaoh
Offices on record
Overview
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Life
Roles and affiliation
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
What this means
As the records give them: every row is a third party’s statement, not a self-description, and a role or an affiliation is often held for one period of a life only. An affiliation is not a belief, and this site does not ask anyone about theirs. For an office: which one, for how long, and where the records give an ordinal or the holders either side. Recognition of a tenure is never universal: contested lines appear as overlapping tenures rather than as one corrected sequence.
Family
The family of Darius I
Parents, spouses and children as the records give them.
Documented family only. A teacher, a successor or a patron is never drawn in this tree.
The family as a list · 24
Family 24
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching · a religious affiliation held by the whole house · continuous rule · a shared religious affiliation
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- child of (father) Hystaspes 6th century BC Persian strap of Bactria and Persis
- child of (mother) Irdabama early 5th-century BC Persian businesswoman
- of the house Achaemenid dynasty Achemenid dynasty of Persia (705–330 BC)
- parent of (child) Abrocomes son of King Darius I (died 480 BC)
- parent of (child) Achaemenes 5th-century BC Achaemenid satrap of Egypt
- parent of (child) Ariabignes Persian admiral and prince (died 480 BC)
- parent of (child) Ariomardus 5th-century BC Persian prince and military leader
- parent of (child) Arsamenes ancient Persian prince
- parent of (child) Arsames ancient Persian prince
- parent of (child) Artazostre Persian princess, daughter of Darius I
- parent of (child) Artobazanes
- parent of (child) Gobryas Prince of Achaemenid Dynasty
- parent of (child) Hyperanthes Son of Persian king Darius I (died 480 BC).
- parent of (child) Hystaspes son of Darius the Great
- parent of (child) Masistes Persian prince (died c. 478 BC)
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parent of (father) Xerxes I fifth Achaemenid emperor (486–465 BC) - sibling of Artabanus Brother of and advisor to Achaemenid king Darius I
- sibling of Artanes ancient Persian prince and brother to Darius the Great
- sibling of Artaphernes late 6th/early 5th-century BC Persian general and satrap
- married to Artystone Persian princess
- married to Atossa Persian Achaemenid empress (550–475 BC)
- married to Parmys Persian queen
- married to Phaedymia Daughter of Otanes, a 6th century BC Persian noble
- married to Phratagune ancient Persian princess and wife to Darius the Great
Connections
How Darius I connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Identification 2
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
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Sources
Sources and evidence
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30 statements on this record
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- 26 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it. 1 of them cite only Wikipedia: one source, counted once.
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