Cambyses I

ruler of Anshan

Also known as: Kambujia

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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

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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.

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