King of Babylon

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Neriglissar was a 6th-century BCE Neo-Babylonian monarch who briefly ruled the Babylonian Empire after overthrowing his brother-in-law Amel-Marduk.

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King of Babylon canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf King of Babylon
Neo-Babylonian king
monarch
capital Babylon
centuryOfActivity 6th century BCE
country Neo-Babylonian Empire
culture Babylonian
deathDate 556 BCE
deathPlace Babylon
dynasty Chaldean dynasty
father Neriglissar
fatherInLaw Nebuchadnezzar II
governmentForm monarchy
historicalPeriod Neo-Babylonian Empire
surface form: Neo-Babylonian period
language Akkadian
notableFor brief reign as king of Babylon
usurpation of the Babylonian throne
overthrew Amel-Marduk
position ruler of Babylon
predecessor Amel-Marduk
realm Neo-Babylonian Empire
surface form: Babylonian Empire
regionRuled Mesopotamia
reignEnd 556 BCE
reignStart 560 BCE
relativeByMarriage Amel-Marduk
Nebuchadnezzar II
religion Mesopotamian polytheism
spouse Kashshaya
successor Labashi-Marduk
successorType son
title King of Babylon

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Neriglissar title King of Babylon
Labashi-Marduk royalTitle King of Babylon