Mandane of Media: Difference between revisions

| death_place = [[Persis]]

| burial_place = [[Gur-e-Dokhtar]] (?)

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'''Mandane''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: [[wikt:Μανδάνη|Μανδάνη]], ''Mandánē'') was a [[Medes|Median]] [[shahbanu|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 [[Iranian languages#Old Iranian|Old Iranian]] ''*Mandanā-'', which means “''delighting'', ''cheerful''”.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-07-15|language=it-IT|title=Mandane nell'Enciclopedia Treccani|url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/mandane|website=www.treccani.it}}</ref>