Xerxes I

Details

Instance of

human

Born

519 BCE

Died

465 BCE, August 465 BCE

Place of death

Persis

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Xerxes

Father

Darius I

Mother

Atossa

Spouse

Amestris

Child

Darius, Histaspes, Artaxerxes I, Rhodogune, Amytis, Artarius, Arsames, Tithraustes

Sibling

Artazostre, Gobryas, Arsames, Artobazanes, Ariamenes, Ariabignes, Abrocomes, Masistes, Achaemenes, Arsamenes, Hystaspes

Said to be the same as

Ahasuerus

Occupation

statesperson

Position held

King of Kings, pharaoh

Citizenship

Achaemenid Empire

Religion

Zoroastrianism

described by source

Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed., Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Реальный словарь классических древностей по Любкеру, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The New Student's Reference Work, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

different from

Xerxes

killed by

Artabanus

member of family

Achaemenid dynasty

noble title

pharaoh

place of burial

Iran

replaced by

Artaxerxes I

significant place

Persis

time period

Ancient Egypt, Late Period of ancient Egypt, Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt

topic's main category

Category:Xerxes I

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