About Mandane of Media

Mandane was a Median princess and, later, the queen consort of the Persian king Cambyses I and the mother of Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Achaemenid Empire. The name likely originates from the Old Iranian *Mandanā-, which means “delighting, cheerful”.

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Mandane of Media

princess of Media and Queen consort of Cambyses I of Anshan and mother of Cyrus the Great

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