Pedigree: Cyrus II `the Great' (1st Shah) of PERSIA

The PEDIGREE of

Cyrus II `the Great' (1st Shah) of PERSIA

founding EMPEROR of the Persian Empire; `astonishing empire builder'; Lawgiver; released Israelites from bondage; prob. not aka Bahman ibn ISFENDIYAR; Ranked #87 on Hart's List of Most Influential persons.

This is the individual denoted by 'Z' (or the color Gray) in the coded ancestor lists.

External page: His biography at Wikipedia.

External page: Ranked #87 in Michael Hart's list of History's Most Influential Persons

Born: abt. 600 BC Died: 529 BC k. in Battle against Massagetae

HM George I's 70-Great Grandfather. HRE Ferdinand I's 64-Great Grandfather. Poss. Agnes Harris's 56-Great Grandfather. `Osawatomie' Brown's 74-Great Grandfather.

Wives/Partners: Cassandane of CAPPADOCIA ; Neithiyti (Nitetis) of EGYPT
Children: Bardiya (King) of PERSIA ; Atossa (Hutaosa) of PERSIA

________	________	_______	_______	_______	_______	_______	_______	_______
							/	-- Perseus of MYCENAE +	====> [ 54 ,,y]
						/	-- poss. Perses of ARGOS
						/	\	-- Andromeda of ETHIOPIA +	====> [ 36]
					/	-- poss. (NN) ... (NN)
					/		/ ( many missing generations)
				/	-- (NN)
				\|		/ or: Teispes (King) of ANSHAN
				/		/ or: Tchishpish (q.v.)
			/	-- Achaemenes (King) of ELAM (ANSHAN)
			/		/ OR: poss. not Kyros I of PARTHIA +				====> [ 83 ,,y]
		/	-- Teispes (King) of ELAM (ANSHAN)
	/	-- Cyrus I (King) of PERSIA (660? BC - ?)
/	-- Cambyses I (King) of PERSIA (630? BC - 559? BC)
/	\	-- Casandra
- Cyrus II `the Great' (1st Shah) of PERSIA
\						/	-- prob. Phraortes of the MEDES +		====> [ 70 ,,y]
\|					/	-- Deioces (Chieftain) of the MEDES
\|					/		/ OR: poss. Daiukku (Governor) in MANNAEA +		====> [ 98 ,,y]
\|				/	-- Kyaxares of the MEDES (750? BC - 714? BC)
\|			/	-- Phraortes (King) of the MEDES (720? BC - ?)
\|		/	-- Cyaxares (Uvakhshatra) (I; King) of the MEDES
\|	/	-- Astyages (King) of the MEDES (? - 554+ BC)
\|	/	\	-- Vashti
\	-- Mandane (Princess) of the MEDES
	\					/	-- Dascylus MERMNADAE +		====> [ 33]
	\|				/	-- Gyges MERMNADAE (King) of LYDIA
	\|			/	-- Ardys (King) of LYDIA (? - 624? BC)
	\|			/	\	-- Tudo of MYSIA +			====> [ 89 ,,y]
	\|		/	-- Sadyattes MERMNADAE (King) of LYDIA
	\|	/	-- Alyattes (II) MERMNADAE (King) of LYDIA
	\|	\|	\	/ (skip this generation?)
	\|	\|	\|		/	-- Gyges MERMNADAE (King) of LYDIA +			====> [ 34]
	\|	\|	\|	/	-- Ardys (King) of LYDIA (? - 624? BC)
	\|	\|	\|	/	\	-- Tudo of MYSIA +			====> [ 89 ,,y]
	\|	/	\	-- poss. Sadyattes's sister
	\	-- Aryenis MERMNADAE (Princess) of LYDIA

His Great Grandchildren: Ariomardus of PERSIA ; Artaxerxes I Longimanus (Shah) of PERSIA ; Maurya II of TAXILA

His 4(+)-Great Grandchildren: Arsames (Prince) of PERSIA ; Sisygambis of PERSIA ; Rodogune (Rhodogune) ACHAEMENID of PERSIA ; Apame (Princess) of PERSIA ; Arsaces (Arsakes) ; (NN) ... (NN) of TAXILA