Stateira (queen)

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Stateira was a Persian queen and principal wife of Artaxerxes II of the Achaemenid Empire, noted in classical sources for her influence at court and her tragic death amid royal intrigues.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Stateira (wife of Artaxerxes II) 4
Stateira 3
Stateira (queen) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Achaemenid queen ⓘ
Persian noblewoman ⓘ
queen ⓘ
child Ariaspes ⓘ
Darius (son of Artaxerxes II) ⓘ
Ochus (later Artaxerxes III) ⓘ
linked to: Artaxerxes III

several daughters ⓘ
conflictWith Parysatis ⓘ
country Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
courtInfluence exerted significant influence at the Achaemenid court ⓘ
culture Persian ⓘ
deathApproximateDate late 5th or early 4th century BC ⓘ
deathCause murder ⓘ
deathContext court intrigue at the Achaemenid court ⓘ
deathManner poisoning ⓘ
deathPlace Persian royal court ⓘ
linked to: Persian court
describedIn Diodorus Siculus ⓘ
Plutarch ⓘ
classical Greek sources ⓘ
familyConnection Hydarnid family ⓘ
father Hydarnes ⓘ
killedBy Parysatis ⓘ
knownFor influence over Artaxerxes II ⓘ
intervening in political and dynastic matters ⓘ
tragic death amid royal intrigues ⓘ
language Old Persian (likely) ⓘ
maritalStatus principal wife of Artaxerxes II ⓘ
mother Unknown ⓘ
name Stateira ⓘ
notableEvent assassinated through poisoning arranged by Parysatis ⓘ
became principal wife of Artaxerxes II after his accession ⓘ
politicalRole mediator in court disputes ⓘ
protector of certain courtiers and relatives ⓘ
positionHeld Queen of the Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
relativeByMarriage Parysatis ⓘ
religion ancient Iranian religion ⓘ
residence Persepolis ⓘ
Persian royal court ⓘ
Susa ⓘ
spouse Artaxerxes II ⓘ
spouseDynasty Achaemenid dynasty ⓘ
spousePosition King of Kings ⓘ
spouseReign Artaxerxes II of Persia ⓘ
linked to: Artaxerxes II
spouseReignEnd 358 BC ⓘ
spouseReignStart 404 BC ⓘ
timePeriod 4th century BC ⓘ
Late Achaemenid period ⓘ
title Great Queen of Persia ⓘ
linked to: Queen Atossa

Queen ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Artaxerxes II → spouse → Stateira (queen) ⓘ
Darius II of Persia → child → Stateira ⓘ
linked to: Stateira (queen)
Queen of Persia → titleHolderOf → Stateira ⓘ
linked to: Stateira (queen)
Parysatis → successorAsPrincipalQueen → Stateira (wife of Artaxerxes II) ⓘ
linked to: Stateira (queen)
Ariaspes → mother → Stateira (wife of Artaxerxes II) ⓘ
linked to: Stateira (queen)
Ariaspes → relative → Stateira (wife of Artaxerxes II) ⓘ
linked to: Stateira (queen)
Ochus → mother → Stateira ⓘ
linked to: Stateira (queen)
Statira → saidToBeTheSameAs → Stateira (wife of Artaxerxes II) ⓘ
linked to: Stateira (queen)