Achaemenid family tree

The list of the Achaemenid kings kingdom contains all the rulers of the ancient Persian dynasty of the Achaemenids from 685 BC to 330 BC.

Government Chronological sequence of the Achaemenids

The list of Achaemenid lists in chronological order the rulers and kings.

Genealogy of the Achaemenids

The research is today largely agree that the kings (except Achaemenes ) before Darius had no Achaemenids: You were Teispiden that were widely used at most with the Achaemenids. Darius, who reached de facto as a usurper to the throne, then constructed a fictitious genealogy, which apparently made ​​Cyrus and Cambyses to his relatives, and also married two daughters of Cyrus: The aim was to legitimize his rule by following the previous dynasty. Although the first two rulers of the ancient Persian empire were thus no Achaemenids People still refer most of the Achaemenid Empire.