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{{Short description|Shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire from 399 to 420}} {{good article}} {{Infobox royalty | name = Yazdegerd I<br>{{lang|pal|π©π¦π£πͺπ₯π²π©}} | title = [[King of Kings of Iranians and non-Iranians]] | image = Plate, the king Yazdgard I, slaying a stag.jpg | image_size = 270px | caption = 5th-century [[Sasanian art|plate]] of Yazdegerd I slaying a [[stag]]. | succession = [[List of shahanshahs of the Sasanian Empire|Shahanshah]] of the [[Sasanian Empire]] | reign = 399β420 | predecessor = [[Bahram IV]] | successor = [[Shapur IV]] | spouse = [[Shushandukht]] | issue = {{ubl|[[Shapur IV]]|[[Bahram V]]|Narseh}} | royal house = [[House of Sasan]] | father = [[Shapur III]] | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = 420 | death_place = [[Hyrcania|Gurgan]] or [[Tus, Iran|Tus]] | religion = [[Zoroastrianism]] }} '''Yazdegerd I''' (also spelled '''Yazdgerd''' and '''Yazdgird'''; {{langx|pal|π©π¦π£πͺπ₯π²π©}}) was the [[Sasanian Empire|Sasanian]] [[King of Kings]] ({{lang|pal|[[shah]]anshah}}) of [[Iran]] from 399 to 420. A son of [[Shapur III]] ({{reign|383|388}}), he succeeded his brother [[Bahram IV]] ({{reign|388|399}}) after the latter's assassination. Yazdegerd I's largely-uneventful reign is seen in Sasanian history as a period of renewal. Although he was periodically known as "the Sinner" in native sources, Yazdegerd was more competent than his recent predecessors. He enjoyed cordial relations with the [[Eastern Roman Empire]] and was entrusted by [[Arcadius]] with the guardianship of the latter's son [[Theodosius II|Theodosius]]. Yazdegerd I is known for his friendly relations with [[Persian Jews|Jews]] and the [[Christianity in Iran|Christians]] of the [[Church of the East]], which he acknowledged in 410. Because of this, he was praised by Jews and Christians as the new [[Cyrus the Great]] ({{reign|550|530 BC}}, king of the Iranian [[Achaemenid Empire]] who liberated the Jews from captivity in [[Babylon]]). The king's religious, peaceful policies were disliked by the nobility and [[Zoroastrian]] clergy, whose power and influence he strove to curb. This eventually backfired, and Yazdegerd I met his end at the hands of the nobility in the remote northeast. The nobles then sought to stop Yazdegerd's sons from ascending the throne; his eldest son, [[Shapur IV]], was quickly killed after his accession and replaced with [[Khosrow (son of Bahram IV)|Khosrow]]. Another son, [[Bahram V]], hurried to the Sasanian capital of [[Ctesiphon]] with an [[Lakhmids|Arab]] army and pressured the nobility to acknowledge him as [[shah]].
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