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Cyrus II Persia

Cyrus II's father was Cambyses I Ashan And Media and his mother was Mandane Of The Medes. His paternal grandparents were Cyrus I Ashan And Media and Casandra; his maternal grandparents were Astyages Medes and Aryenis Lydia. He was an only child.

Death Notes
- Birth: 600 B.C.
  
  Death: 529 B.C.

General Notes
- King of Anzan 558-546, Great King of Persia 546-529, and in 539 King of Babylon, Summer, and Akkad by conquest.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Teispes Ashan ^*
  
  Achaemenes Elam
  
  Perses Elam
  
  Cyrus I Ashan And Media
  
  Cambyses I Ashan And Media
  
  Casandra
  
  Cyrus II Persia
  
  Phraortes Medes
  
  Khshathrita Medes
  
  Cyaxares Medes
  
  Astyages Medes
  
  Mandane Of The Medes
  
  Ardys Lydia ^*
  
  Sadyattes Lydia
  
  Alyattes Lydia
  
  Aryenis Lydia
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

Cyrus II's family with Neithiyti Egypt

Cyrus II and Neithiyti were married. They had two sons and a daughter, named Smerdis, Cambyses II and Atossa.

Family Notes
- Married: 549 B.C.

Children
- Atossa Persia
  - Death Notes
    
    Birth: 550 B.C.
  Smerdis Persia
  - Death Notes
    
    Birth: 552 B.C.
  Cambyses II Persia
  - Death Notes
    
    Birth: 554 B.C.