Stateira (queen)
E464599
Stateira was a Persian queen and principal wife of Artaxerxes II of the Achaemenid Empire, noted in classical sources for her influence at court and her tragic death amid royal intrigues.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stateira | 2 |
| Stateira (queen) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4730729 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stateira (queen) Context triple: [Artaxerxes II, spouse, Stateira (queen)]
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A.
Stateira I
Stateira I was a Persian queen, the wife of King Darius III of the Achaemenid Empire and mother of Stateira II.
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B.
Stateira II
Stateira II was a Persian princess, daughter of Darius III, who became one of Alexander the Great’s wives as part of his political integration of the Achaemenid royal line.
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C.
Artemisia I of Caria
Artemisia I of Caria was a 5th-century BCE queen and naval commander who notably fought on the Persian side during the Greco-Persian Wars.
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D.
Olympias
Olympias was a Molossian princess and fourth wife of Philip II of Macedon, best known as the powerful and politically influential mother of Alexander the Great.
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E.
Amytis of Media
Amytis of Media was a Median princess and queen of Babylon, traditionally associated with the legendary Hanging Gardens, which were said to have been built to remind her of her mountainous homeland.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stateira (queen) Target entity description: Stateira was a Persian queen and principal wife of Artaxerxes II of the Achaemenid Empire, noted in classical sources for her influence at court and her tragic death amid royal intrigues.
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A.
Stateira I
Stateira I was a Persian queen, the wife of King Darius III of the Achaemenid Empire and mother of Stateira II.
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B.
Stateira II
Stateira II was a Persian princess, daughter of Darius III, who became one of Alexander the Great’s wives as part of his political integration of the Achaemenid royal line.
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C.
Artemisia I of Caria
Artemisia I of Caria was a 5th-century BCE queen and naval commander who notably fought on the Persian side during the Greco-Persian Wars.
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D.
Olympias
Olympias was a Molossian princess and fourth wife of Philip II of Macedon, best known as the powerful and politically influential mother of Alexander the Great.
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E.
Amytis of Media
Amytis of Media was a Median princess and queen of Babylon, traditionally associated with the legendary Hanging Gardens, which were said to have been built to remind her of her mountainous homeland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Achaemenid queen
ⓘ
Persian noblewoman ⓘ queen ⓘ |
| child |
Ariaspes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Darius (son of Artaxerxes II) NERFINISHED ⓘ Ochus (later Artaxerxes III) NERFINISHED ⓘ several daughters ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Parysatis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| courtInfluence | exerted significant influence at the Achaemenid court ⓘ |
| culture | Persian ⓘ |
| deathApproximateDate | late 5th or early 4th century BC ⓘ |
| deathCause | murder ⓘ |
| deathContext | court intrigue at the Achaemenid court ⓘ |
| deathManner | poisoning ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Persian royal court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Diodorus Siculus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Plutarch NERFINISHED ⓘ classical Greek sources ⓘ |
| familyConnection | Hydarnid family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Hydarnes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| killedBy | Parysatis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
influence over Artaxerxes II
ⓘ
intervening in political and dynastic matters ⓘ tragic death amid royal intrigues ⓘ |
| language | Old Persian (likely) ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | principal wife of Artaxerxes II ⓘ |
| mother | Unknown ⓘ |
| name | Stateira NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
assassinated through poisoning arranged by Parysatis
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became principal wife of Artaxerxes II after his accession ⓘ |
| politicalRole |
mediator in court disputes
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protector of certain courtiers and relatives ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Queen of the Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relativeByMarriage | Parysatis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Iranian religion ⓘ |
| residence |
Persepolis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Persian royal court ⓘ Susa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Artaxerxes II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouseDynasty | Achaemenid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spousePosition | King of Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouseReign | Artaxerxes II of Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouseReignEnd | 358 BC ⓘ |
| spouseReignStart | 404 BC ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
4th century BC
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Late Achaemenid period ⓘ |
| title |
Great Queen of Persia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Queen ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Stateira (queen) Description of subject: Stateira was a Persian queen and principal wife of Artaxerxes II of the Achaemenid Empire, noted in classical sources for her influence at court and her tragic death amid royal intrigues.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Stateira
this entity surface form:
Stateira