Amestris

Amestris
Queen consort of the Achaemenid Empire
Died424 BC
SpouseXerxes I
IssueDarius
Hystaspes
Artaxerxes I
Rhodogune
Amytis
HouseAchaemenid
FatherOtanes
ReligionZoroastrianism

Amestris (Greek: Άμηστρις, Amēstris, perhaps the same as Άμαστρις, Amāstris, from Old Persian Amāstrī-, "strong woman") was an Achaemenid queen, wife of king Xerxes I and mother of king Artaxerxes I.

She was poorly regarded by ancient Greek historians.