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Queen consort of the Achaemenid Empire
Cassandane or Cassandana (died 538 BC) was a Persian Achaemenian shahbanu and the dearly loved wife of Cyrus the Great. She was a daughter of Pharnaspes. She had four children with Cyrus: Cambyses II, who succeeded his father and conquered Egypt; Smerdis (Bardiya), who also reigned as the king of Persia for a short time; a daughter named Atossa, who later wed Darius the Great;... Wikipedia