• General Notes

      King of Persia and Egypt Darius I "the Great" Achaemenid was buried in Naqsh-i-Rustam at Persepolis, Iran. The following inscription appears on his tomb: By the favor of the great god I believe in justice and abhor inequity. It is not my desire that the weak man should have wrong done to him by the mighty.2 He died 0486 B.C..1,3,4 He had his Egyptian subjects rise in revolt against Persian rule 0486 B.C..2 He invaded Greece, but defeated at the battle of Marathon, 0490 B.C..5 He embarked on his last campaign, crossing the Danube, defeating the european Scythians and subduing Thracia and Macedonia 0514 B.C.. He suppressed a new rebellion in Elam 0519 B.C.. He ordered the rulers of Syria and Phoenicia to leave Judea in peace 0520 B.C.. 1 Esdras 6:27 "So Darius commanded Sisinnes the governor of Syria and Phoenicia, and Sathrabuzanes, and their associates, and those who were appointed as local rulers in Syria and Phoenicia, to keep away from the place, and to permit Zerubbabel, the servant of the Lord and governor of Judaea, and the elders of the Jews to build this house of the Lord on its site."6 He was the 2nd ruler of the 27th Dynasty of Egypt 0521 B.C..7 He treated the Egyptians with respect and goodwill. During his reign he undertook the completion of the canal that extended from the Nile to the Red Sea. He also expanded the Serapeum at Saqqara as well as erected a large temple of Amun in el-Kharga, a southwestern oasis 0521 B.C..7 King of Egypt, 0521-0486 B.C..8 He succeeded Cambyses II, his third cousin, 0522 B.C.. He after recovering the throne he married two daughters of Cyrus as well as the only daughter of Bardiya, the son of Cyrus whom Camyses II killed, 0522 B.C.. He was already a father of three sons 0522 B.C.. He recoved the throne of Persia for the Achaemenid family, lost by his cousin Cambyses II, with the help of six of the greatest Persian noblemen, namely Gobryas, Hydarnes, Megabyzus, Intaphernes and Ardumanish, 0522 B.C.. They knew that they could not rely on the support of the common people, since the Magi were not only popular, but also feared, as they were known to kill anyone who knew the secret of their usurpation. In a singular act of daring, the chiefs, led by Darius, forced their way into the castle Sikayauvati, situated in Nisaya, a district in Media, where the Magi lived, and slew the usurpers and their supporters. He married Atossa Achaemenid, daughter of Shahan Shah Cyrus II "the Great" Achaemenid and Princess Neithiyi of Egypt, 0522 B.C; His 2nd. Her 3rd. 3rd cousins.9,10 King of Kings of Persia, 0522-0486 B.C..4 He started serving as a spear-man in the Royal Guard 0530 B.C.. He was the son of Satrap of Parthia Hystaspes Achaemenid  and Rhodogune (?) .11,12,1 He was born 0550 B.C.. The eldest son of Prince Hystaspes. "I am Darius the Great King, King of kings, King of countries containing in all kinds of men, King in this great earth far and wide, son of Hystaspes, an Acheamenian, a Persian, an Aryan, having Aryan lineage."3 " Of the above names Darius may be rendered "Worker," Xerxes "Warrior," and Artaxerxes "Great Warrior." And so might we call these kings in our own language with propriety."13 Also called Dârayavauš Hakhâmanišiya old-Persian. His Egyptian throne name, Setut-i-re, means "Likeness of Re."8
      Children of King of Persia and Egypt Darius I "the Great" Achaemenid:
      Abrocomes Achaemenid d. 0480 B.C., August
      Hyperanthes Achaemenid d. 0480 B.C., August
      Children of King of Persia and Egypt Darius I "the Great" Achaemenid and Atossa Achaemenid:
      King of Persia and Egypt Xerxes I Achaemenid+ b. 0521 B.C., d. 0465 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), 414-88. Hereinafter cited as RfC.
      [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. 200. Hereinafter cited as Chronicle of the Pharaohs.
      [S447] Anna Sybilla v. Mumm - eine Nachfahrin Pharao Ramses' in 105 Generationen?, online . Hereinafter cited as Anna v. Mumm to Ramses.
      [S582] Mehan.com: From Ancient Persia to Contemporary Iran Selected Historical Milstones, online www.mehan.com. Hereinafter cited as Mehan.com.
      [S288] Philosophy of History, online .. Hereinafter cited as PoH.
      [S282] ., 1769 Oxford Apocrypha (.: Cambridge University Press, .), 1 Esdras 6:27. Hereinafter cited as Apocrypha.
      [S281] WWW - Egypt Home Page, online .. Hereinafter cited as e.Egypt.
      [S715] Peter A. Clayton, Chronicle of the Pharaohs, pg. 198.
      [S723] Herodotus of Halicarnassus, The History of Herodotus (London and New York: MacMillan and Co., 1890). Hereinafter cited as Herodotus' History.
      [S1132] "A 4000-Year Old DFA", A 4000-Year Old Descent from Antiquity: From the 12th Egyptian Dynasty to the Capetians and Beyond., online soc.medieval.gen, printout dated May 2001. Previously published in hard copy (.: ., 1995–1998). Hereinafter cited as "DFA (4000 yr)".
      [S588] L.W. King and R.C. Thompson, The sculptures and inscription of Darius the Great on the rock of Behistûn in Persia (London: ., 1907). Hereinafter cited as The Behistun Inscription.
      [S723] Herodotus of Halicarnassus, Herodotus' History, 1.209, 6.98, 7.11.
      [S723] Herodotus of Halicarnassus, Herodotus' History, 6.98.
  
  
  

Details of Darius I's family with Atossa Persia