Artaxerxes I

Artaxerxes I
King of Kings King of Persia Pharaoh of Egypt
Relief of Artaxerxes from his tomb in Naqsh-e Rustam
King of Persia
Reign	465–424 BC
Predecessor	Xerxes I
Successor	Xerxes II
Born	Unknown
Died	424 BC
Burial	Naqsh-e Rustam, Persia
Spouse	Queen Damaspia Alogyne of Babylon Cosmartidene of Babylon Andia of Babylon
House	Achaemenid
Father	Xerxes I
Mother	Amestris

Artaxerxes I /ˌɑːrtəˈzɜːrksiːz/ (Persian: اردشیر یکم‎‎, Old Persian: Artaxšaça, "whose rule (xšaça < *xšaϑram) is through arta (truth)";Hebrew: אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתָּא‎‎ ; Greek: Ἀρταξέρξης) was the fifth King of Persia from 465 BC to 424 BC. He was the third son of Xerxes I.