Atossa

Atossa
Tomb of Darius the Great, where Atossa was also buried
Queen mother of the Achaemenid Empire
Tenure486–476 BC
Coronation486 BC
SuccessorAmestris
Queen consort of the Achaemenid Empire
Tenure520–486 BC
Coronation520 BC
PredecessorCassandane
SuccessorAmestris
Bornc. 550 BC
Died475 BC
Burial
SpouseDarius the Great
IssueXerxes I
Hystaspes
Masistes
Achaemenes
HouseAchaemenid
FatherCyrus the Great
MotherCassandane
ReligionZoroastrianism

Atossa (Old Persian: Utauθa, or Old Iranian: Hutauθa; 550–475 BC) was an Achaemenid empress. She was the daughter of Cyrus the Great, the sister of Cambyses II, the wife of Darius the Great, the mother of Xerxes the Great and the grandmother of Artaxerxes I.