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Damaspia (from Old Persian *Jāmāspi- or *ðāmāspyā-) was an Achaemenid queen, wife of the king Artaxerxes I and mother of Xerxes II, his legitimate heir.

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Royalty.name
Damaspia
Royalty.title
Queen of Persia
Royalty.death_date
424 BC
Royalty.spouse
Artaxerxes I
Royalty.house
Achaemenid
Royalty.issue
Xerxes II
Royalty.religion
Zoroastrianism
Royalty.type
consort

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date of death
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date of birth
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Damaspia (from Old Persian *Jāmāspi- or *ðāmāspyā-) was an Achaemenid queen, wife of the king Artaxerxes I and mother of Xerxes II, his legitimate heir.

==Biography== According to the Greek historian Ctesias of Cnidus, King Artaxerxes and his wife died the same day (424 BC, perhaps during a military expedition), and their corpses were carried to Persia. Xerxes succeeded his father, but was murdered not much later (423 BC) by his half-brother Sogdianus.

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