Xerxes II of Persia

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Achaemenid king King of Kings Persian monarch

Xerxes II of Persia was a short-reigning Achaemenid king who briefly ruled the Persian Empire in the 5th century BCE before being assassinated amid dynastic struggles.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Xerxes II	5
Xerxes II of Persia canonical	2
Xerxes	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Achaemenid king ⓘ King of Kings ⓘ Persian monarch ⓘ
capital	Persepolis ⓘ Susa ⓘ
category	5th-century BC monarchs of Persia ⓘ Achaemenid kings ⓘ Assassinated Persian monarchs ⓘ
causeOfDeath	assassination ⓘ
centuryOfReign	5th century BCE ⓘ
countryRuled	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
dynasty	Achaemenid dynasty ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Persian ⓘ
father	Artaxerxes I of Persia ⓘ
givenName	Xerxes II of Persia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Xerxes
historicalSource	Classical Greek historians ⓘ Ctesias of Cnidus ⓘ
house	Achaemenid architecture ⓘ surface form: Achaemenid house
killedBy	Menostanes ⓘ Pharnacyas ⓘ Sogdianus ⓘ
language	Old Persian ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	murdered while drunk ⓘ
mother	Amestris ⓘ
notableFor	dynastic struggle after Artaxerxes I ⓘ very short reign ⓘ
partOf	Achaemenid dynasty ⓘ surface form: Achaemenid royal family
placeOfDeath	Persia ⓘ
positionHeld	King of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
predecessor	Artaxerxes I of Persia ⓘ
realm	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Persian Empire
regnalNumber	II ⓘ
reignDuration	about 45 days ⓘ
reignEnd	424 BCE ⓘ
reignStart	424 BCE ⓘ
religion	Zoroastrianism ⓘ
royalTitle	Xerxes II of Persia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Xerxes II
shortReign	yes ⓘ
sibling	Darius II of Persia ⓘ Sogdianus ⓘ
successionDispute	Achaemenid throne after Artaxerxes I ⓘ
successor	Darius II of Persia ⓘ Sogdianus ⓘ
title	Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ surface form: Shahanshah

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Artaxerxes I of Persia → successor → Xerxes II of Persia ⓘ

Artaxerxes I of Persia → child → Xerxes II of Persia ⓘ

Sogdianus → halfBrother → Xerxes II of Persia ⓘ