Ruler · 519 – 465 BCE

Xerxes I

Lived 519 – 465 BCE; statesperson. King of Kings of Achaemenid Empire, 486 BCE – 465 BCE; also in the line of Persian Empire and Ancient Egypt.

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Lived: 519 BCE – 465 BCE; 54 years
In office: 21 years; one reign
Lines: 3; states
Left it: deposed; Wikidata's end cause on the term

King of Kings

Achaemenid Empire · the 6th of 11 dated reigns · 559 BCE – 330 BCE

2 before

Bardiya522 BCE

Darius the Great522 BCE – 486 BCE

Atossa522 BCE – 475 BCE

Xerxes I486 BCE – 465 BCE

Xerxes II424 BCE

Sogdianus424 BCE – 423 BCE

Darius II423 BCE – …

2 after

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

Reigned 486 BCE – 465 BCE · 21 years · came to it aged 33

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: deposedWikidata's end cause on the term: attempted murder

Also in the line of Persian Empire (5th of 51, read from the line of Achaemenid Empire) and Ancient Egypt.

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