How many children did Queen Esther and King Xerxes have?

Answer 1

Well, honey, Queen Esther and King Xerxes didn't have any children together. Esther was actually married to King Xerxes, but she didn't pop out any little princes or princesses for him. So, to put it simply, their royal crib was child-free.

Answer 2

Queen Esther and King Xerxes did not have any children together. In the Book of Esther in The Bible, there is no mention of the couple having any children. Their story primarily revolves around Queen Esther's bravery in saving the Jewish people from a plot to destroy them.

Answer 3

Xerxes was king of Persia 486-465 BCE. He and his wife, Amestris, are known to have had two sons, Darius and Artaxerxes, but a third son is also mentioned by Diodorus - Hystaspes. There is no reliable record of any daughters.

Answer 4

The Book of Esther says that Vashti was the wife of King Xerxes when he first became king of Persia, followed three years later by Queen Esther. There is no historical record of this, and Queen Amestris is accepted by historians as his only wife for the first several years of his reign.

King Xerxes had the following children by Queen Amestris: Amytis, Artaxerxes I, Darius, Hystaspes, Achaemenes and Rhodogune.

His other children, Artarius, Tithraustes, Arsames (Arsamenes, Arxanes or Sarsamas), Parysatis and Ratashah were by unknown wives, but it seems that none of them could have been from Queen Esther.

Contrary to the expectations of the Book of Esther, Xerxes was succeeded by Artaxerxes, a son of Amestris, not a son of either Vashti or Esther.

So from a historical perspective, Esther never had children as a queen of Persia. Since the Book of Esther does not appear to be closely based on history, it is appropriate to read what children the book says she had, even if they were not really born. However, the story does not mention any children of Esther.

Answer 5

Little is known of Xerxes II, an obscure Persian king who reigned for forty five days in 424 BCE. The book of Esther tells of King Xerxes having a feast that lasted for 180 days in the third year of his reign, so that king was not intended to be Xerxes II. In any case, we know there never was a Jewish queen of Persia.

The story obviously is intended to represent Esther as the wife of Xerxes I. The wife of Xerxes I was Amestris, daughter of Otanes and first cousin to Cambyses II of Persia and Smerdis of Persia. There is no record of either Vashti or Esther outside the Book of Esther, and it can be assumed that they were characters created purely for the story.

Answer 6

The Midrash11 states that King Darius was the son of Esther. According to the Talmud, Darius is the same as Cyrus, the king who allowed the Second Holy Temple to be built in Jerusalem.12

Answer 7

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Answer 8

According to Jewish traditions Darius was born to Xerxes and Esther

Answer 9

According to Jewish tradings Darius was born to Xerxes and Esther

Answer 10

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