Atossa II Shahbanu and Amestris III Shahbanu
Amestris III Shahbanu

Atossa II Shahbanu and Amestris III Shahbanu – The Princesses who were forced to marry their father and became Persian Queens

Atossa II Shahbanu and Amestris III Shahbanu were the daughters of King Artaxerxes II of the Achaemenid Empire. They were forced to marry their royal father and became queens.[1] The father-daughter marriage was highly unusual in the Achaemenid Empire.[2] However, King Artaxerxes II married them himself to ensure that his imperial bloodline would remain pure and [read more]