Khshayarsha

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Khshayarsha is the Old Persian name for Xerxes I, the powerful Achaemenid king who ruled the Persian Empire in the early 5th century BCE and led the invasion of Greece.

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Khshayarsha canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Achaemenid king
Persian king
historical figure
monarch
assassinatedBy Artabanus of Persia
birthDate circa 518 BCE
capital Persepolis
Susa
causeOfDeath assassination
child Artaxerxes I
Darius (son of Xerxes I)
Hystaspes (son of Xerxes I)
linked to: Hystaspes
conflict Greco-Persian Wars
Second Greco-Persian War
linked to: Greco-Persian Wars
countryRuled Achaemenid Empire
Persian Empire
linked to: Achaemenid Empire
deathDate 465 BCE
era early 5th century BCE
ethnicGroup Persian
father Darius I
linked to: Darius I of Persia
grandfather Cyrus the Great
hasNameInGreek Xerxes I
hasNameInLatin Xerxes
linked to: Xerxes I
hasNameInOldPersian Khshayarsha
hasRegnalName Xerxes I
knownFor Battle of Plataea
Battle of Salamis
Battle of Thermopylae
Second Persian invasion of Greece
linked to: Greco-Persian Wars

completion of the Gate of All Nations at Persepolis
construction at Susa
invasion of Greece
large building projects at Persepolis
languageUsed Old Persian
memberOfDynasty Achaemenid dynasty
mentionedIn Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

Herodotus' Histories
linked to: works of Herodotus
mother Atossa
notableWork royal inscriptions at Persepolis
royal inscriptions at Susa
positionHeld King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire
Shahanshah
possiblyIdentifiedAs Ahasuerus
linked to: King Ahasuerus
predecessor Darius I
linked to: Darius I of Persia
reignEnd 465 BCE
reignStart 486 BCE
religion Zoroastrianism
spouse Amestris
successor Artaxerxes I

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Xerxes I alsoKnownAs Khshayarsha
Khshayarsha hasNameInOldPersian Khshayarsha