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en-wikipedia-org-3761		Cyrus the Great - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	13283	1584	73	By his own account, generally believed now to be accurate, Cyrus was preceded as king by his father Cambyses I, grandfather Cyrus I, and great-grandfather Teispes.[49] Cyrus married Cassandane[50] who was an Achaemenian and the daughter of Pharnaspes who bore him two sons, Cambyses II and Bardiya along with three daughters, Atossa, Artystone, and Roxane.[51] Cyrus and Cassandane were known to love each other very much – Cassandane said that she found it more bitter to leave Cyrus than to depart her life.[52] After her death, Cyrus insisted on public mourning throughout the kingdom.[53] The Nabonidus Chronicle states that Babylonia mourned Cassandane for six days (identified as 21–26 March 538 BC).[54] After his father's death, Cyrus inherited the Persian throne at Pasargadae, which was a vassal of Astyages. Litt, The foundation and extension of the Persian empire, Chapter I in The Cambridge Ancient History Vol. IV, 2nd edition, published by The University Press, 1927.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3761.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3761.txt