List of Famous people named Xerxes

Here are some famous Xerxeses:

Xerxes I

First Name Xerxes

Born on January 1, -0519

Died on November 30, -0476 (aged 42)

Born in Iran

Xerxes I, commonly known as Xerxes the Great, was the fourth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, ruling from 486 to 465 BC. He was the son and successor of Darius the Great and his mother was Atossa, a daughter of Cyrus the Great, the first Achaemenid king. Like his father, he ruled the empire at its territorial apex. He ruled from 486 BC until his assassination in 465 BC at the hands of Artabanus, the commander of the royal bodyguard.

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Xerxes II

First Name Xerxes

Born on January 1, -0500

Died on January 1, -0424 (aged 76)

Xerxes II was a Persian king who was very briefly a ruler of the Achaemenid Empire, as the son and successor of Artaxerxes I.

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Xerxes of Armenia

First Name Xerxes

Born on January 1, -0300

Died on January 1, -0212 (aged 88)

Xerxes was king of Sophene and Commagene from 228 BC to 212 BC. He was the son and successor of Arsames I.

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