who was the grandfather of king xerxes
if we are to believe all previous accusations that ahasuerus is xerxes i the he ruled the persian empire from 486 465 bce ahasuerus succeeded his father darius i in the year 486 bce he was not the oldest of darius sons but he was the son of the wife he took after becoming king queen atossa atossa was the daughter of cyrus the great being the son of two royals ahasuerus was the prime choose for king