Cambyses I King of Persia 
Cambyses I King of was born in Abt. 630 BC. Cambyses I King of's father was Cyrus I King of Persia and his mother was CASANDRA. His paternal grandfather was Perses ELAM. He was an only child. He died in Abt. 559 BC.General Notes
Cambyses I (flourished 6th century BC), Persian king of the Achaemenid
dynasty who ruled (circa 600-559 BC) over Anshan (now Baghdad Province,
Iraq) as a vassal of the Medes, then preeminent in Persia.
Cambyses I was the son of Cyrus I (flourished 7th century BC), whom he
succeeded, and the father of Cyrus the Great, who founded the Persian
Empire. According to the Greek historian Herodotus, Cambyses I married
the daughter of Astyages, king of the Medes (reigned about 584-550 BC).
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