Ruler · 701 – 550 BCE

Astyages

Lived 701 – 550 BCE. King of Media of Median kingdom, 585 BCE – 553 BCE.

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Lived: 701 BCE – 550 BCE; 151 years
In office: 32 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Median kingdom
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

King of Media

Median kingdom · the 4th of 4 dated reigns · 710 BCE – 553 BCE

Deioces710 BCE – 665 BCE

Phraortes665 BCE – 633 BCE

Cyaxares625 BCE – 585 BCE

Astyages585 BCE – 553 BCE

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 585 BCE – 553 BCE · 32 years · came to it aged 116

Came to it: inheritedthe child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

Astyages succeeded his father in 585 BCE, following the Battle of Halys, which ended a five-year war between the Lydians and the Medes.

The son of Cyaxares, he was dethroned by the Persian king Cyrus the Great.

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