Stateira

Stateira (; died about 400 BC) was the wife of King Artaxerxes II of Persia. Asteroid 831 Stateira is named in her honour. Biography Stateira was the daughter of the Persian nobleman Hydarnes. She married Artaxerxes II, the oldest son of Darius II of Persia, and his wife Parysatis. Darius II probably wanted to establish good relations with an important noble family, from which Stateira was descended because her brother Terituchmes married Amestris, a daughter of Darius II. Terituchmes loved one of his half-sisters more than his royal bride and tried to start a rebellion. Therefore, Parysatis had all the children of Hydarnes killed and only spared the life of Stateira at the request of her husband.