Editing Darius the Great (section)

==Family==
Darius was the son of Hystaspes and the grandson of [[Arschama I|Arsames]].{{sfn|Briant|2002|p=16}} Darius married [[Atossa]], daughter of [[Cyrus the Great|Cyrus]], with whom he had four sons: [[Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes]], [[Achaemenes (satrap)|Achaemenes]], [[Masistes]] and Hystaspes. He also married [[Artystone]], another daughter of Cyrus, with whom he had two known sons, [[Arsames (son of Darius)|Arsames]] and Gobryas. Darius married [[Parmys]], the daughter of Bardiya, with whom he had a son, [[Ariomardus]]. Furthermore, Darius married his niece [[Phratagune]], with whom he had two sons, [[Abrokomas]] and [[Hyperantes]]. He also married another woman of the nobility, Phaidyme, the daughter of [[Otanes]]. It is unknown if he had any children with her. Before these royal marriages, Darius had married an unknown daughter of his good friend and lance carrier [[Gobryas (father of Mardonius)|Gobryas]] from an early marriage, with whom he had three sons, Artobazanes, [[Ariabignes]] and [[Arsamenes]].{{sfn|Briant|2002|p=113}} Any daughters he had with her are not known. Although Artobazanes was Darius's first-born, Xerxes became heir and the next king through the influence of [[Atossa]]; she had great authority in the kingdom as Darius loved her the most of all his wives.