Bardiya

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Bardiya was a son of the Achaemenid ruler Cyrus the Great who briefly and controversially claimed the Persian throne in the late 6th century BCE.

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Generate an image of Bardiya (Bardiya was a son of the Achaemenid ruler Cyrus the Great who briefly and controversially claimed the Persian throne in the late 6th century BCE.)

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Bardiya canonical 15
Pseudo-Bardiya 1
Serse 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Achaemenid prince ⓘ
Persian royal ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
allegedImpostor Gaumata ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Smerdis ⓘ
linked to: Bardiya

Tanyoxarces ⓘ
associatedEvent Achaemenid succession crisis of 522 BCE ⓘ
causeOfDeath assassination ⓘ
centuryOfBirth 6th century BCE ⓘ
centuryOfDeath 6th century BCE ⓘ
country Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
deathBeforeAccessionAccordingTo Cambyses II ⓘ
Darius I ⓘ
linked to: Darius I of Persia
disputedStatus legitimate king ⓘ
usurper ⓘ
dynasty Achaemenid dynasty ⓘ
era Late 6th century BCE ⓘ
ethnicity Persian ⓘ
father Cyrus the Great ⓘ
givenName Bardiya ⓘ
historicalControversy identity of the ruler called Smerdis ⓘ
whether the reigning Smerdis was an impostor ⓘ
house House of Cyrus ⓘ
linked to: King of Persia
killedBy Darius I ⓘ
linked to: Darius I of Persia

conspirators against Bardiya ⓘ
languageOfName Old Persian ⓘ
mentionedIn Behistun Inscription ⓘ
Herodotus' Histories ⓘ
linked to: works of Herodotus
notableFor brief and controversial claim to the Persian throne ⓘ
role in succession crisis after Cambyses II ⓘ
positionHeld King of Persia ⓘ
predecessor Cambyses II ⓘ
realm Persia ⓘ
regionOfRule Iran ⓘ
reignEnd 522 BCE ⓘ
reignStart 522 BCE ⓘ
religion ancient Iranian religion ⓘ
royalTitle King of Kings ⓘ
sibling Cambyses II ⓘ
sourceType classical historiography ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
successor Darius I ⓘ
linked to: Darius I of Persia

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

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

Cyrus the Great → child → Bardiya ⓘ
Bardiya → givenName → Bardiya ⓘ
Bardiya → alsoKnownAs → Smerdis ⓘ
linked to: Bardiya
Cambyses II → successor → Bardiya ⓘ
Cambyses II → sibling → Bardiya ⓘ
Atossa → spouse → Bardiya ⓘ
Atossa → sibling → Bardiya ⓘ
Artystone → relative → Bardiya ⓘ
Tanyoxarces → nameVariant → Bardiya ⓘ
Gaumata → predecessor → Bardiya ⓘ
Gaumata → allegedIdentity → Bardiya ⓘ
Gaumata → claimedIdentity → Bardiya ⓘ
Gaumata → alternativeName → Pseudo-Bardiya ⓘ
linked to: Bardiya
House of Cyrus → hasMember → Bardiya ⓘ
Ariodate → appearsAlongsideCharacter → Serse ⓘ
linked to: Bardiya