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Xerxes I
King of Persia and Media Great King King of Kings King of Nations Pharaoh of Egypt
Rock relief of Xerxes at his tomb in Naqsh-e Rustam
King of Persia
Reign	486–465 BC
Coronation	October 486 BC
Predecessor	Darius I
Successor	Artaxerxes I
Born	519 BC Persia
Died	August 465 BC (aged 53 or 54) Persia
Burial	Persia
Spouse	Amestris, (disputed: Vashti and Queen Esther)
Issue	Darius Hystaspes Artaxerxes I Arsames Amytis
Dynasty	Achaemenid
Father	Darius I
Mother	Atossa
Religion	Zoroastrianism[1]

Xerxes the Great was a Shah of Iran (485–465 BC) of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. Xerxes was son of Darius I and Atossa, the daughter of Cyrus the Great. After Darius died, Xerxes became the Shah of Persia. He took up the title of Shahanshah (King of Kings). In the Graeco-Persian Wars at the Battle of Thermopylae, Xerxes defeated the Greek warriors and annexed parts of Greece. After winning at Thermopylae, Xerxes then took control of Athens with his army.

• The Sixth Book, Entitled Erato in History of Herodotus.
• The Seventh Book, Entitled Polymnia in History of Herodotus.

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