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Cambyses I, Old Persian: Kambujiya, 'the Elder' (c. 600 BC–559 BC) was King of Anshan
Anshan (Persia)

Anshan , a site on the Iranian plateau, 36 km northwest of modern Shiraz, Iran in the Zagros mountains of the Fars province, southwestern Iran, was one of the early capitals of Elam, from the 3rd millennium BC....
 from c. 580 to 559 BC and was the father of Cyrus II
Cyrus the Great

Cyrus the Great , , also known as Cyrus II of Persia and Cyrus the Elder, was a Persian people Shah . He was the founder of the Persian Empire under the Achaemenid dynasty, an empire, perhaps the most wealthy and magnificent in history....
 (Cyrus the Great). His name in Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
 was ?aµß?s??, whence the Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
 Cambyses.

Cambyses was an early member of the Achaemenid dynasty. He was apparently a great-grandson of its founder Achaemenes
Achaemenes

Achaemenes was the eponymous ancestor of the Achaemenid Empire, which ruled Persian Empire between 705 BC and 675 BC. As an eponymous ancestor of the clan, Achaemenes is very often held to be legendary....
, grandson of Teispes of Anshan
Teispes of Anshan

Teispes was the son of Achaemenes and a List of kings of Persia. He captured the Elamite city of Anshan and called himself "King of the City of An?an", a first step that would lead to the rise of the Persian Empire....
 and son of Cyrus I of Anshan
Cyrus I of Anshan

Cyrus I , was King of Anshan from c. 600 to 580 BC or, according to others, from c. 652 to 600 BC. His name in Modern Persian language is ?????, while in Greek language he was called ?????....
. His paternal uncle reigned as Ariaramnes of Persia
Ariaramnes of Persia

Ariaramnes was a great uncle of Cyrus II of Persia and the grandfather of Darius I, and perhaps the king of Parsa, the ancient core kingdom of Persian Empire....
 and his first cousin as Arsames of Persia
Arsames of Persia

Arsames was the son of Ariaramnes and perhaps briefly the List of kings of Persia of Persian Empire during the Achaemenid dynasty, but gave up the throne and declared loyalty to Cyrus the Great....
.

According to Herodotus
Herodotus

Herodotus of Halicarnassus was a Greeks historian who lived in the 5th century BC and is regarded as the "Father of History" in Western culture....
, Cambyses was "a man of good family and quiet habits".






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Cambyses I, Old Persian: Kambujiya, 'the Elder' (c. 600 BC–559 BC) was King of Anshan
Anshan (Persia)

Anshan , a site on the Iranian plateau, 36 km northwest of modern Shiraz, Iran in the Zagros mountains of the Fars province, southwestern Iran, was one of the early capitals of Elam, from the 3rd millennium BC....
 from c. 580 to 559 BC and was the father of Cyrus II
Cyrus the Great

Cyrus the Great , , also known as Cyrus II of Persia and Cyrus the Elder, was a Persian people Shah . He was the founder of the Persian Empire under the Achaemenid dynasty, an empire, perhaps the most wealthy and magnificent in history....
 (Cyrus the Great). His name in Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
 was ?aµß?s??, whence the Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
 Cambyses.

Cambyses was an early member of the Achaemenid dynasty. He was apparently a great-grandson of its founder Achaemenes
Achaemenes

Achaemenes was the eponymous ancestor of the Achaemenid Empire, which ruled Persian Empire between 705 BC and 675 BC. As an eponymous ancestor of the clan, Achaemenes is very often held to be legendary....
, grandson of Teispes of Anshan
Teispes of Anshan

Teispes was the son of Achaemenes and a List of kings of Persia. He captured the Elamite city of Anshan and called himself "King of the City of An?an", a first step that would lead to the rise of the Persian Empire....
 and son of Cyrus I of Anshan
Cyrus I of Anshan

Cyrus I , was King of Anshan from c. 600 to 580 BC or, according to others, from c. 652 to 600 BC. His name in Modern Persian language is ?????, while in Greek language he was called ?????....
. His paternal uncle reigned as Ariaramnes of Persia
Ariaramnes of Persia

Ariaramnes was a great uncle of Cyrus II of Persia and the grandfather of Darius I, and perhaps the king of Parsa, the ancient core kingdom of Persian Empire....
 and his first cousin as Arsames of Persia
Arsames of Persia

Arsames was the son of Ariaramnes and perhaps briefly the List of kings of Persia of Persian Empire during the Achaemenid dynasty, but gave up the throne and declared loyalty to Cyrus the Great....
.

According to Herodotus
Herodotus

Herodotus of Halicarnassus was a Greeks historian who lived in the 5th century BC and is regarded as the "Father of History" in Western culture....
, Cambyses was "a man of good family and quiet habits". He reigned under the overlordship of Astyages
Astyages

Astyages ; spelled by Herodotus as Astyages; by Ctesias as Astyigas; by Diodorus as Aspadas; Akkadian language: I?tumegu), was the last king of the Medes, r....
, King of Media
Medes

The Medes were an Ancient Iranian peoples who lived in the northwestern portions of present-day Iran. This area was known in Greek as Media or Medea ....
. He was reportedly married to Princess
Princess

Princess, is the feminine form of prince . Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or her daughters.For many centuries, the title "princess" was not regularly used for a monarch's daughter, who might simply be called "Lady" or a non-English equivalent; Old English language had no female equivalent to "prince", "earl"...
 Mandane of Media
Mandane of Media

Mandana of Media was a Princess of Medes and, later, the Queen consort of Cambyses I of Anshan and mother of Cyrus II, ruler of the Persian Empire's Achaemenid Dynasty....
, a daughter to Astyages and Princess
Princess

Princess, is the feminine form of prince . Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or her daughters.For many centuries, the title "princess" was not regularly used for a monarch's daughter, who might simply be called "Lady" or a non-English equivalent; Old English language had no female equivalent to "prince", "earl"...
 Aryenis of Lydia
Aryenis

Aryenis of Lydia was, according to Herodotus, the daughter of King Alyattes II of Lydia and the sister of King Croesus of Lydia.Aryenis was also the Queen consort of Astyages, King of Medes and mother of Mandane of Media and a probable Amytis, married to her nephew Cyrus the Great....
. His wife was reportedly a granddaughter to both Cyaxares
Cyaxares

Cyaxares, Hvakhshathra,Xasro or Kayxosrew , the son of King Phraortes, was the first king of Medes .He reorganized and modernized the Median Army, then joined with King Nabopolassar of Babylon....
 of Media
Medes

The Medes were an Ancient Iranian peoples who lived in the northwestern portions of present-day Iran. This area was known in Greek as Media or Medea ....
 and Alyattes II
Alyattes II

Alyattes , king of Lydia , the real founder of the Lydian empire, was the son of Sadyattes, of the house of the Mermnadae.For several years he continued the war against Miletus begun by his father, but was obliged to turn his attention to the Medes and Babylonians....
 of Lydia
Lydia

Lydia was an Iron Age kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the modern Turkey provinces of Manisa Province and inland Izmir Province....
. The result of their marriage was the birth of his successor Cyrus the Great. According to Nicolas of Damascus his original name was Atradates, and he was wounded amd later died in the Battle of the Persian Border which he, with his son, fought against Astyages. It occurred in 551 BC, and he reported to have received an honorable burial.

According to Herodotus
Herodotus

Herodotus of Halicarnassus was a Greeks historian who lived in the 5th century BC and is regarded as the "Father of History" in Western culture....
, Astyages chose Cambyses as a son-in-law because he considered him to pose no threat to the Median throne. This was not the case with Cyrus II who would go on to depose his grandfather.

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