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Amestris (Greek: Άμηστρις, Amēstris, perhaps the same as Άμαστρις, Amāstris, from Old Persian Amāstrī-, "strong woman") [2] was an Achaemenid queen, wife of king Xerxes I and mother of king Artaxerxes I. [3] [4] She was poorly regarded by ancient Greek historians. [5] [6] [7]
Documents from Babylon dating in Artaxerxes' reign, refer to certain estates as "the house of the woman of the palace". This anonymous woman could be Damaspia, or the queen mother Amestris . [ 4 ] In an episode from the biblical book of Nehemiah (2:6) Artaxerxes is mentioned as being in the company of a royal wife, who could be identified with ...
Amastris (daughter of Oxyathres), Persian princess, wife of Dionysius of Heraclea; Amestris, Persian queen, wife of Xerxes I, mother of Artaxerxes I; Amastris, daughter of Artaxerxes II; Amastris, daughter of Darius II, wife of Terituchmes
Artaxerxes was probably born in the reign of his grandfather Darius I, to the emperor's son and heir, Xerxes I.In 465 BC, Xerxes I was murdered by Hazarapat ("commander of thousand") Artabanus, the commander of the royal bodyguard and the most powerful official in the Persian court, with the help of a eunuch, Aspamitres. [9]
Near 445 BCE, her husband Megabyzus started a successful revolt in Syria against Artaxerxes I. Initially, Amytis stayed with the king during the war; however, she later participated, along with Amestris and the satrap Artarius, in the reconciliation negotiations between the rebel and the king.
Rhodogune (daughter of Xerxes I), an Achaemenid princess Persian Princess, an archaeological forgery regarding the daughter of Xerxes; Rhodogune (daughter of Artaxerxes II), an Achaemenid princess and wife of Orontes I of Armenia; Rhodogune of Parthia (fl. 2nd century BC), daughter of Mithradates I and wife of Demetrios II of Syria
Xerxes I (/ ˈ z ɜː r k ˌ s iː z / ZURK-seez [2] [a] c. 518 – August 465 BC), commonly known as Xerxes the Great, [4] was a Persian ruler who served as the fourth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 486 BC until his assassination in 465 BC.
Parysatis was the daughter of King of Kings Artaxerxes I of Persia and Andria of Babylon. She was the half-sister of Xerxes II, Sogdianus, and Darius II. She married her half-brother Darius II [1] and had 13 sons, of which four survived to adulthood: Artaxerxes II, Cyrus the Younger, Ostanes, and Oxathres. [2] and one daughter - Amestris. [3]