Ruler · 621 – 630

Ardashir III

Lived 621 – 630. Emperor of the Sasanian Empire (Sasanian Empire), 628 – 630; also in the line of Persian Empire.

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Lived: 621 – 630; 9 years
In office: 2 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: killed in office; Wikidata's manner of death

Emperor of the Sasanian Empire

Sasanian Empire · the 28th of 32 dated reigns · 224 – 651

24 before

Hormizd IV579 – 590

Khosrow II590 – …

Kavad II628

Ardashir III628 – 630

Shahrbaraz630

Azarmidokht630 – 631

Farrukh Hormizd630 – 631

1 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 628 – 630 · 2 years · came to it aged 7

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: killed in officeWikidata's manner of death: homicide

Also in the line of Persian Empire (38th of 51, read from the line of Sasanian Empire).

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