| Preceded by: Darius I |
Pharaoh of Egypt 27th Dynasty |
Succeeded by: Artabanus (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Xerxes I of Persia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Old Persian: ๐ง๐๐น๐ ๐ผ๐๐ (Xลกayarลกa) Koine Greek: ฮฮตฯฮพฮทฯ (Xerxes) Ancient Egyptian: Kheshyresh | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| October 486 โ August 465 BC (21 years) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Father | Darius I | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Mother | Atossa I | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Consort(s) | Amestris | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Issue | Darius, Hystaspes, Artaxerxes I, Arsames, Amytis | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | ca.โ518 BC | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | August 465 BC (aged ca. 53) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Burial | Naqsh-e Rostam, Persis | |||||||||||||||||||||
- For other pages by this name, see Xerxes.
Xerxes I (Old Persian: ๐ง๐๐น๐ ๐ผ๐๐ , Romanized: Xลกayarลกa), commonly known as Xerxes the Great, was the fifth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Persian Empire and fourth Pharaoh of the Twenty-seventh Dynasty during the Late Period of ancient Egypt.
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| Predecessor: Darius I |
Pharaoh of Egypt 27th Dynasty |
Successor: Artabanus (?) |