Cambyses I

ruler of Anshan
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Also known as: Kambujia
Quick Facts
Flourished:
6th century bc
Flourished:
c.600 BCE - c.501 BCE
House / Dynasty:
Achaemenian dynasty
Notable Family Members:
father Cyrus I
son Cyrus the Great

Cambyses I (flourished 6th century bc) was a ruler of Anshan c. 600–559 bc. Cambyses was the son of Cyrus I and succeeded his father in Anshan (northwest of Susa in Elam) as a vassal of King Astyages of Media. According to the 5th-century-bc Greek historian Herodotus, Cambyses married a daughter of Astyages, by whom he became the father of Cyrus II the Great.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Encyclopaedia Britannica.