The record of ('Queen') Vashti is in the book of Esther. She was the King's first wife, or queen consort, or most prominent/leading wife, but was deposed for disobedience to her husband, the King. She was replaced by Esther, a Jewess.
The book of Esther does not say that Vashti had any children by the King. As she had incited the King's disfavor and been dismissed from the household, whatever happened to her after that was not considered significant enough to include in The Bible record.
Ester replaced Vashti as queen of Persia under Ahasuerus (or Xerces) in the book of Ester.
The Book of Esther does not tell us how old Vashti was. We can not rely on Persian records, because there never was a Queen Vashti of Persia. The Book of Esther is regarded as a second-century-BCE novel and contains fictitious elements.
Vashti married King Ahasuerus (Xerxes I), as stated in the Book of Esther in the Bible. She was the first queen mentioned in the book.
Esther replaced Queen Vashti as queen after Queen Vashti refused to come to the King's banquet.
Vashti's later yearsMy understanding is that some time later she was actually reinstated. I believe she was a well-known power figure in ancient Persia. The reinstatement would have been after Xerxes returned from the finally-disastrous Greek campaign. Please read the book below to find outVashti, Queen of the Ancient Medes: The Airyanem Civilization[Paperback]
Yes, Vashti was executed for disobeying King Achashverosh.
Chapter 1 of the Book of Esther begins by telling us that in the third year of the reign of King Ahasuerus of Persia, he held a feast in his palace. His wife, Queen Vashti made a feast for the women in the royal house. On the seventh day of the feast, the king commanded that Vashti be brought before him to show to the people, but she refused to come. Troubled, Ahasuerus asked his wise men what he should do. They said that unless he divorced Vashti, all the women in the empire would begin to disobey their husbands. The name Ahasuerus is universally believed to be the Hebrew name for King Xerxes, who ruled Persia from 486 to 465 BCE. However, Xerxes' wife at the time was not Vashti, but Amestris. Amestris remained queen well beyond the third year of Xerxes' reign, so there can have been no Queen Vashti nor, it seems, a Queen Esther.
Yes. For not coming to the King's party upon his orders she was ordered executed by her husband.
The Queen consort of Xerxes was Amestris, daughter of Otanes and first cousin to Cambyses II of Persia and Smerdis of Persia. There is no record of either Vashti or Esther outside the Book of Esther, and it can be assumed that they were characters created purely for the story.
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No it is not likely that queen Vashti ,was pregnant when she was sent into exile.Or the king would take a more lenient view on her.
Esth:1:15: What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?