'''Artaxerxes''' was born the son of [[Xerxes I The Great]] and his first cousin [[Amestris]], both of whose grandfathers was [[Hystaspas]], close companion to [[Cyrus The Great]].
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'''Artaxerxes''' was born the son of [[Xerxes I The Great]] and his first cousin [[Amestris]], both of whose grandfathers was [[Hystaspas]], close companion to [[Cyrus|Cyrus The Great]].