Belshezzar
| Bēl-šarra-uṣur | |
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| Co-regent king of Babylon | |
Rembrandt's depiction of the biblical account of Belshazzar seeing "the writing on the wall"
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| Reign | 550–539 BCE |
| Predecessor | Nabonidus |
| Successor | Cyrus the Great |
| Died | 5 Oct 539 BCE Babylonia |
| Issue | Vashti |
| Father | Nabonidus |
| Mother | poss. |
Belshazzar (/bɛlˈʃæzər/; Hebrew: בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר, Modern Bélšá’ṣar, Tiberian Bêlšāʾṣār; Akkadian: ...
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