# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/xerxes-ii-of-persia
# Generated: 2026-09-01T15:07:59.923Z

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name: "Xerxes II of Persia"
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description: "A Persian king whose entire reign lasted forty-five days before his half-brother killed him — the shortest flicker of power in the Achaemenid line, known mostly because Ctesias bothered to write it down."
tagline: "Brief ruler of the Achaemenid Empire (died 424 BC)"
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birthDate: "-500"
deathDate: "-423"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Xerxes II was the only legitimate son of Artaxerxes I and Damaspia, and served as crown prince before inheriting the throne in 424 BC. His rule never extended beyond the Persian heartlands. Forty-five days in, his half-brother Sogdianus assassinated him. Sogdianus held power for six months before Darius II murdered him in turn. The figure survives as little more than a name in the writings of Ctesias.