Genealogy Projects tagged with Shushan on the Geni Family Tree

Esther, The Jewish Queen of Persia

Persian King Ahasuerus' Jewish Queen Esther the Jewish Queen of Persia ‫אֶסְתֵּ ר‬ , Ester Tiberian ʼEstēr, born Hadassah, is the heroine of the Biblical Scroll of Esther. According to the Bible, she was a Jewish queen of the Persian king Ahasuerus.While Ahasuerus was traditionally identified with Xerxes I during the time of the Achaemenid empire, many historians now believe that Esther was the...