Artaxerxes II, King of Persia: Roy Family Genealogy

Generation: 1

Artaxerxes II, King of Persia (son of Darius II, King of Persia and Parysatis); died about 359 BCE.

Other Events and Attributes:

History: birth to death, Persian Empire

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History:
In 404 BCE, he was crowned the King of Persia.

Soon after assuming the throne, his brother, Cyrus led a revolt. He put the revolt down, defeating and killing Cyrus at the Battle of Cunoxa in 401 BCE. He attacked Egypt twice in 385 and 375 BCE, failing both times. He made changes to the Persian religion, restoring the worship of the older gods.

Family/Spouse: Stratera. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Rodegunde, Princess of Persia

Family/Spouse: Amestris. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Atossa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Aspasia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Apame

Generation: 2

Darius II, King of Persia was born in 475 BCE (son of Artaxerxes I, King of Persia and Kosmartydene); died in 404 BCE.

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History: birth to death, Persian Empire

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In 424 BCE, he was crowned the King of Persia.

In 424 BCE, he was crowned Pharaoh of Egypt, ruling as Mery Amen Re.

Darius married Parysatis. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Parysatis
Children:

1. Artaxerxes II, King of Persia died about 359 BCE.

Cyrus died in 401 BCE.

Aroandes I

Generation: 3

Artaxerxes I, King of Persia (son of Xerxes I, King of Persia and Amestris); died in 425 BCE.

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History: birth to death, Persian Empire

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History:
In 464 BCE, he was crowned the King of Persia.

In 464 BCE, he was crowned Pharaoh of Egypt.

He suppressed a rebellion in Bactria, and one in Egypt. During the Peloponnesian wars, he kept Persia neutral. In 445 BCE, he appointed Nehemiah as the Governor of Judea.

Artaxerxes married Kosmartydene. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Kosmartydene

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History: birth to death, Persian Empire

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History:
She was a concubine.

Children:

2. Darius II, King of Persia was born in 475 BCE; died in 404 BCE.

Generation: 4

Xerxes I, King of Persia was born in 521 BCE (son of Darius I "the Great", King of Persia and Atossa); died in 465 BCE.

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History: birth to death, Persian Empire

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History:
In 486 BCE, he was crowned the King of Persia.

In 485 BCE, he suppressed a revolt in Egypt. Continuing his father's attacks on Greece, he bridged the Hellispoint, and marched through Thrace, Macedoinia and Thessaly. Leonidas and the 300 Spartans checked for a time at Thermopylæ. He then marched south, and burnt Athens. In 479 BCE, both his army and fleet were beaten at Salamis.

Xerxes married Amestris. Amestris (daughter of Otones, Chief of Persia) was born in 505 BCE; died about 425 BCE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Amestris was born in 505 BCE (daughter of Otones, Chief of Persia); died about 425 BCE.
Children:

4. Artaxerxes I, King of Persia died in 425 BCE.