Editing Atossa (section)

{{Short description|Persian Achaemenid empress (550–475 BC)}}
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{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Atossa
| title        = 
| image        = Naghsh-e rostam, Irán, 2016-09-24, DD 25.jpg
| caption      = Tomb of Darius the Great, where Atossa was also buried
| succession   = [[Queen mother]] of the [[Achaemenid Empire]]
| consort      = yes
| reign        = 486–476 BC
| coronation   = 486 BC
| predecessor  = 
| successor    = [[Amestris]]
| succession1  = [[Queen consort]] of the 
[[Achaemenid Empire]]
| reign1       = 520–486 BC
| coronation1  = 520 BC
| predecessor1 = [[Cassandane]]
| successor1   = [[Amestris]]
| birth_date   = {{circa|550 BC}}
| death_date   = 475 BC
| place of burial = [[Naqsh-e Rostam]]
| spouse       = [[Darius the Great]]
| issue        = [[Xerxes I]]<br />Hystaspes<br />[[Masistes]]<br />[[Achaemenes (satrap)|Achaemenes]]
| father       = [[Cyrus the Great]]
| mother       = [[Cassandane]]
| house        = [[Achaemenid]]
| religion     = [[Zoroastrianism]]
}}
'''Atossa''' ([[Old Persian]]: ''Utauθa'', or [[Old Iranian]]: ''Hutauθa''; 550–475 BC) was an [[Achaemenid]] empress. She was the daughter of [[Cyrus the Great]], the sister of [[Cambyses II]], the wife of [[Darius the Great]], the mother of [[Xerxes the Great]] and the grandmother of [[Artaxerxes I]].