Damaspia

Deceased Person

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Who is Damaspia?

Damaspia was a queen of Persia, wife of king Artaxerxes I, and mother of Xerxes II, his legitimate heir. She was probably Persian. It is said that her mother was Queen Esther, wife of Xerxes I. She was also an only child by Esther and Damaspia followed the Hebrew God.

According to the Greek historian Ctesias of Cnidus, king Artaxerxes and his wife died the same day, and their corpses were carried to Persia. Xerxes succeeded his father, but was murdered not much later by his half-brother Sogdianus.

The epitome made by Photius of Ctesias' book is the only source that mentions Damaspia by name. Documents from Babylon dating in Artaxerxes' reign, refer to certain estates as "the house of the woman of the palace". This anonymous woman could be Damaspia, or the Queen Mother Amestris.

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