Amestris was an Achaemenid queen, wife of king Xerxes I and mother of king Artaxerxes I. She was one of the influential women of the Achaemenid era, extremely powerful and vindictive.
- Position held
- queen consort
- Citizenship
- Achaemenid Empire
- Born
- 510 BC
- Died
- 424 BC, 426 BC