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Xerxes I
خشایارشا یکم fa
Fifth Achaemenid emperor (486–465 BC)
- Child of Darius I and Atossa
- Married to Amestris
- Dated 519 BCE – August 465 BCE
Overview
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Roles and affiliation
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
Offices held 2
- October 486 BCE – August 465 BCE King of Kings jurisdiction: Achaemenid Empire Succeeded Darius I · Succeeded by Artaxerxes I
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Dates unrecorded pharaoh
Family tree
The family as a list · 23
Family 23
- child of (mother) Atossa Persian Achaemenid empress (550–475 BC)
- child of (child) Darius I The fourth and greatest Achaemenid emperor (522–486 BC)
- of the house Achaemenid dynasty Achemenid dynasty of Persia (705–330 BC)
- parent of (child) Amytis Achaemenid princess
- parent of (child) Arsames 5th-century BC Persian satrap of Egypt
- parent of (child) Artarius satrap of Babylon and achaemenid prince
- parent of (child) Artaxerxes I sixth Achaemenid emperor (475–424 BC)
- parent of (child) Darius Crown Prince of Achaemenid Persia (died 465 BC)
- parent of (child) Histaspes Second son of Xerxes I of Persia
- parent of (child) Rhodogune
- parent of (child) Tithraustes achaemenid prince, son of Xerxes I
- sibling of Abrocomes son of King Darius I (died 480 BC)
- sibling of Achaemenes 5th-century BC Achaemenid satrap of Egypt
- sibling of Ariabignes Persian admiral and prince (died 480 BC)
- sibling of Ariamenes
- sibling of Arsamenes ancient Persian prince
- sibling of Arsames ancient Persian prince
- sibling of Artazostre Persian princess, daughter of Darius I
- sibling of Artobazanes
- sibling of Gobryas Prince of Achaemenid Dynasty
- sibling of Hystaspes son of Darius the Great
- sibling of Masistes Persian prince (died c. 478 BC)
- married to Amestris Achaemenid Empire Queen consort (died c. 424 BC)
Connections
Succession in office 1
Identification 1
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