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Xerxes I

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Also known as Xerxes the Great, God King, Xerxes, Xerxes I of Persia

The fifth Achaemenid emperor (486–465 BC)

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Xerxes I was born in 519 BCE and died in 465 BCE. The subject is associated with a Commons category bearing the same name.

In music databases, Xerxes I is listed with an artist type of Other and a country code of XW. The genres are categorized as fixme or cleanup, special purpose, special purpose artist, and unknown. The gender is listed as Not applicable.

The entity has a works count of 5. It is referenced by 1,524 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 12 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Place of birth
Iran
Place of death
Persis
Spouse
Amestris
Father
Darius I
Mother
Atossa
Occupation
statesperson
Position held
pharaoh
Noble title
pharaoh
Image
National Museum of Iran Darafsh (784).JPG
Said to be same as
Ahasuerus
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time period
Ancient Egypt
Commons category
Xerxes I
date of birth
0519-01-01
date of death
0465-08-00
topic's main category
Category:Xerxes I
killed by
Artabanus
place of burial
Iran
replaced by
Artaxerxes I
different from
Xerxes
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Encyclopedic overview

Xerxes (Xašayaruša/Ḫašayaruša) in hieroglyphs

Era: Late Period (664–332 BC)

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Xerxes I” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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