Amestris

Amestris, daughter of Otanes was the wife of Xerxes I, a queen of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. Her father was one of the seven conspirators against Gaumata and maternal she was a niece of the Great King Darius I. So she was married to her cousin.

Herodotus handed in his histories in regard to them the following story: Xerxes is said to have fallen in love with his daughter Artaynte ( after he had previously attempted a relationship with her mother, his brother Masistes, which you occasionally equates in research with Ariamenes the woman build ). This had of Xerxes the woven of Amestris royal mantle auserbeten, which they, from the perspective of the ancient world, the rule calls for her family. Amestris have demanded action before the royal feast the mother of Artaynte, they probably held responsible for the affair itself. The Great King had that request in the end and Amestris had mutilated them and thrown to the dogs, whereupon Masistes have staged an uprising and was killed with his sons.