Darius (son of Xerxes I)
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Darius, son of Xerxes I, was an Achaemenid Persian prince involved in the imperial succession struggles of the 5th century BCE.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Darius (son of Xerxes I) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4627638 — 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: Darius (son of Xerxes I) Context triple: [Xerxes I, child, Darius (son of Xerxes I)]
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Darius
Darius is a masculine given name of Persian origin, historically associated with several kings of ancient Persia and still used internationally today.
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Xerxes I
Xerxes I was a 5th-century BCE king of the Achaemenid Persian Empire best known for his massive invasion of Greece, including the battles of Thermopylae and Salamis.
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C.
Darius II of Persia
Darius II of Persia was a king of the Achaemenid Empire who ruled from 423 to 404 BCE, overseeing a period of internal strife and involvement in the Peloponnesian War.
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Darius I of Persia
Darius I of Persia was a powerful Achaemenid king (reigned 522–486 BCE) known for expanding and organizing the Persian Empire, promoting administrative reforms, and supporting major building projects across his realm.
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E.
Artaxerxes I of Persia
Artaxerxes I of Persia was a 5th-century BCE Achaemenid king best known for ruling a vast Persian Empire and appearing in biblical history as the monarch who interacted with Jewish leaders during the restoration of Jerusalem.
- 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: Darius (son of Xerxes I) Target entity description: Darius, son of Xerxes I, was an Achaemenid Persian prince involved in the imperial succession struggles of the 5th century BCE.
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A.
Darius
Darius is a masculine given name of Persian origin, historically associated with several kings of ancient Persia and still used internationally today.
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B.
Xerxes I
Xerxes I was a 5th-century BCE king of the Achaemenid Persian Empire best known for his massive invasion of Greece, including the battles of Thermopylae and Salamis.
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C.
Darius II of Persia
Darius II of Persia was a king of the Achaemenid Empire who ruled from 423 to 404 BCE, overseeing a period of internal strife and involvement in the Peloponnesian War.
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D.
Darius I of Persia
Darius I of Persia was a powerful Achaemenid king (reigned 522–486 BCE) known for expanding and organizing the Persian Empire, promoting administrative reforms, and supporting major building projects across his realm.
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E.
Artaxerxes I of Persia
Artaxerxes I of Persia was a 5th-century BCE Achaemenid king best known for ruling a vast Persian Empire and appearing in biblical history as the monarch who interacted with Jewish leaders during the restoration of Jerusalem.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Achaemenid prince
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Persian prince ⓘ royal heir ⓘ |
| accusedOf | plotting the assassination of Xerxes I ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Persian court at Persepolis
NERFINISHED
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Persian court at Susa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | early 5th century BCE ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 465 BCE ⓘ |
| dynasty | Achaemenid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Classical antiquity ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Persians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executedBy | Artaxerxes I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Xerxes I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house | House of Achaemenes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Old Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Histories by Herodotus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Amestris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | Achaemenid royal family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Achaemenid succession struggle of 465 BCE
NERFINISHED
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conspiracy against Xerxes I ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Persepolis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Achaemenid crown prince ⓘ |
| predecessorInLineOfSuccession | Xerxes I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| realm | Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative |
Atossa
NERFINISHED
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Darius I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Zoroastrianism ⓘ |
| roleInHistory | participant in Achaemenid imperial succession struggles ⓘ |
| royalRank | son of the Great King ⓘ |
| sibling |
Achaemenes (son of Xerxes I)
NERFINISHED
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Amytis (daughter of Xerxes I) NERFINISHED ⓘ Artaxerxes I NERFINISHED ⓘ Hystaspes (son of Xerxes I) NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhodogune (daughter of Xerxes I) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| source | Classical Greek historiography ⓘ |
| successorInLineOfSuccession | Artaxerxes I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 5th century BCE ⓘ |
| title | Prince of Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Darius (son of Xerxes I) Description of subject: Darius, son of Xerxes I, was an Achaemenid Persian prince involved in the imperial succession struggles of the 5th century BCE.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.