Stateira (queen)

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Achaemenid queen Persian noblewoman queen

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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Stateira 2

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 ⓘ
became principal wife of Artaxerxes II after his accession ⓘ
politicalRole mediator in court disputes ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Late Achaemenid period ⓘ
title Great Queen of Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Queen ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Artaxerxes II → spouse → Stateira (queen) ⓘ
Darius II of Persia → child → Stateira (queen) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stateira
Queen of Persia → titleHolderOf → Stateira (queen) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stateira