Darius II Darayavahoush Achaemenid

• Death Notes
  • Birth: 475 B.C.
    
    Death: 404 B.C.

• General Notes
  •     King of Persia and Egypt Darius II Nothus Achaemenid died 0404 B.C. In Springtime.1 He saw Egypt break away from the Kingdom 0404 B.C.. He reached the throne of Persia, and took the name of Darius, 0423 B.C..2 King of Persia, 0423-0404 B.C..3 King of Egypt, 0423-0405 B.C..4 He did some work on the temple of Amun is the Kharga oasis 0424 B.C. In Egypt.5 He was a weak ruler, dominated by his wife.1 He was the 5th ruler of the 27th Dynasty of Egypt 0424 B.C..5 Satrap of Hyrcania, southern shore of the Caspian Sea, 0425 B.C..6 He married Parysatis (?), daughter of King of Persia and Egypt Artaxerxes I Longimanus Achaemenid, 0454 B.C; Half-siblings.1,7 He was the son of King of Persia and Egypt Artaxerxes I Longimanus Achaemenid and Cosmartidene , a concubine of Artaxerxes I.6 He was born 0475 B.C..1 He was son of Artaxerxes (who had 18 sons in all) and a Babylonian concubine.2 King of Persia and Egypt Darius II Nothus Achaemenid also went by the name of Darius II "the Bastard." Also called Dârayavauš II Hakhâmanišiya.6 Sources: 1. Stuart, R.W. 'Royalty for Commoners', line 414. ; 2. Bryan, K. 'Davidic Descents to the House of Plantagenet' Augustan, Vol. XXV, 16-23. ; 3. Gershevitch, I. (ed.) 'The Cambridge History of Iran' Vo. 2, pp.342. Also called Ochus.6,2
        Children of King of Persia and Egypt Darius II Nothus Achaemenid and Parysatis (?):
        Satrap of Lydia Cyrus "the Younger" Achaemenid b. 0424 B.C., d. 0403 B.C.
        King of Persia and Egypt Artaxerxes II Mnemon Achaemenid+ b. 0453 B.C., d. 0359 B.C.
        [S204] Roderick W. Stuart, Royalty for Commoners: The Complete Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, Kings of England, and Queen Philippa (.: ., 3rd Ed., 1998), 414-85. Hereinafter cited as RfC.
        [S1078] Plato and his dialogues, online . Hereinafter cited as Plato and his dialogues.
        [S578] Fatih Cimok, Commagene Nemrut (Sifa Hamami Sokak 18, Sultanahmet 34400, Istanbul: A Turizm Yayinlari Ltd. Sti, 1995), pg. 55. Hereinafter cited as Commagene Nemrut.
        [S715] Peter A. Clayton, Chronicle of the Pharaohs, The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers and Dynasties of Ancient Egypt (London, England: Thames and Hudson Ltd., 1994), pg. 198. Hereinafter cited as Chronicle of the Pharaohs.
        [S281] WWW - Egypt Home Page, online .. Hereinafter cited as e.Egypt.
        [S583] Ancient Persia, online . Hereinafter cited as Ancient Persia.
        [S931] A.H. Clough, editor, Plutarch's Lives (Champaign, IL: Project Gutenberg, October 1996). Hereinafter cited as Plutarch's Lives.
    
    

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