Cambyses I

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Cambyses
Tomb of Cambyses I, Pasargadae
King of Persia
Reign	580–559 BC
Predecessor	Cyrus I
Successor	Cyrus II
Died	559 BC (aged 41) Pasargadae
Burial	559 Pasargadae
Consort	Mandane of Media
Issue	Cyrus the Great
Dynasty	Achaemenid
Father	Cyrus I
Religion	Zoroastrianism

Cambyses I (Old Persian: 𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹 Kambūjiya) was king of Anshan from c. 580 to 559 BC and the father of Cyrus the Great (Cyrus II), younger son of Cyrus I, and brother of Arukku.^[1] He should not be confused with his better-known grandson Cambyses II. His name was pronounced as Kambūjiya as he was descended from the Kamboj, a Central Asian and northwestern Indian tribe.