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Achaemenid dynasty

Achemenid dynasty of Persia (705–330 BC)

  • Dated 8th century BCE – 330 BCE
  • Also called Achaemenids, Achaemenians, Achaemenidae
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The house, member by member

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Cyrus the Great c. 600 BCE – 530 BCE

2 children in the house

  1. Bardiya until 522 BCE
  2. Cambyses II 559 BCE – 522 BCE
One family in Achaemenid dynasty: members whose records name this parent, oldest first. A parent from another house is on the child’s own page. Open the family tree

Every member

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Offices held in the house

The members in each office, in order — a selection from the office’s whole line.

King of Kings

  • 9 holders
  • 7 overlapping pairs
  • 1 undated
  1. until 338 BCE Artaxerxes III 11th Achaemenid Emperor (358–338 BC) Recognised by Achaemenid Empire
  2. 559 BCE – 530 BCE Cyrus the Great founder of the Achaemenid Empire (559–529 BC) Recognised by Achaemenid Empire
  3. 530 BCE – 522 BCE Cambyses II The second Achaemenid emperor (530–522 BC) Recognised by Achaemenid Empire
  4. 29 September 522 BCE – 1 October 486 BCE Darius I The fourth and greatest Achaemenid emperor (522–486 BC) Recognised by Achaemenid Empire
  5. 522 BCE – 29 September 522 BCE Bardiya Son of Cyrus the Great (died c. 522 BC) Recognised by Achaemenid Empire
  6. October 486 BCE – August 465 BCE Xerxes I fifth Achaemenid emperor (486–465 BC) Recognised by Achaemenid Empire
  7. from 423 BCE Darius II The ninth Achaemenid emperor (423–404 BC) Recognised by Achaemenid Empire
  8. 338 BCE – 336 BCE Arses The 12th Achaemenid Emperor (338–336 BC) Recognised by Achaemenid Empire

No dates recorded 1

  • Dates unrecorded Artaxerxes II The 10th Achaemenid Emperor (404–358 BC) Recognised by Achaemenid Empire

Pharaoh

  • 8 holders
  • 5 undated
  1. 525 BCE – 522 BCE Cambyses II The second Achaemenid emperor (530–522 BC)
  2. 29 September 522 BCE – 1 October 486 BCE Darius I The fourth and greatest Achaemenid emperor (522–486 BC)
  3. 522 BCE – 29 September 522 BCE Bardiya Son of Cyrus the Great (died c. 522 BC)

No dates recorded 5

  • Dates unrecorded Xerxes I fifth Achaemenid emperor (486–465 BC)
  • Dates unrecorded Artaxerxes II The 10th Achaemenid Emperor (404–358 BC)
  • Dates unrecorded Artaxerxes III 11th Achaemenid Emperor (358–338 BC)
  • Dates unrecorded Darius II The ninth Achaemenid emperor (423–404 BC)
  • Dates unrecorded Arses The 12th Achaemenid Emperor (338–336 BC)
Every recorded holder

Great King

  • 4 holders
  • 1 gap
  1. 688 BCE – 675 BCE Achaemenes possibly mythical apical ancestor of the Achaemenid dynasty, living in the 7th century BC and possibly a ruler of Parsumash, a vassal state of the Median Empire

  2. Gap about 116 years before the next in this house

    559 BCE – 530 BCE Cyrus the Great founder of the Achaemenid Empire (559–529 BC) Recognised by Achaemenid Empire
  3. 530 BCE – 522 BCE Cambyses II The second Achaemenid emperor (530–522 BC) Recognised by Achaemenid Empire
  4. 522 BCE – 29 September 522 BCE Bardiya Son of Cyrus the Great (died c. 522 BC) Recognised by Achaemenid Empire

Affiliation

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Affiliations recorded on members

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