Xerxes the Great

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Xerxes the Great

AKA Xerxes

Born: 519 BC
Died: 465 BC
Cause of death: Assassination

Gender: Male
Religion: Zoroastrian
Race or Ethnicity: Middle Eastern
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Royalty, Military

Nationality: Persia
Executive summary: King of Persia, attempted to invade Greece

Father: Darius Hystaspis (Persian King)
Mother: Atossa (daughter of Cyrus the Great, eaten by Xerxes)
Brother: Masistes
Brother: Achaemenes
Brother: Hystaspes
Wife: Amestris (daughter of Otanes)
Son: Artaxerxes Longimanus (successor)

Persian Monarch 486 BC-465 BC
Asteroid Namesake 7211 Xerxes

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