Artaxerxes I

Artaxerxes I was a male sovereign of the Achaemenid dynasty who held the positions of Great King and King of Kings. Born in 500 BCE, he was the son of Xerxes I and Amestris. His siblings included Amytis, Artarius, Darius, and Histaspes. He was married to Damaspia and had four children: Sogdianus, Xerxes II, Darius II, and Parysatis. Artaxerxes practiced Zoroastrianism and suffered from neurofibromatoses.

He died in 424 BCE in Susa and was buried at Naqsh-e Rustam. His reign is associated with the Late Period of ancient Egypt and the Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt. Upon his death, he was replaced by Xerxes II.