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Adad-guppi
Adad-guppi, also Adda-guppi or Addagoppe, was the mother of Nabonidus, the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, and a devotee of the moon-god Sîn at Harran who died around 547 BC.
Amel-Marduk
Amel-Marduk, also Awil-Marduk or Evil-Merodach, was the third king of the Neo-Babylonian dynasty, son of Nebuchadnezzar II, who ruled 561–560 BC and was murdered after just over two years on the throne.
Bel-ibni
Bel-ibni (Bēl-ibni) was a native Babylonian raised in Assyria whom Sennacherib set on the throne of Babylon; he ruled three years until deported in 700 BC.
Belsazar
Belshazzar (Akkadian Bēl-šar-uṣur) was the eldest son of Nabonidus, the last king of Babylon, and served as regent there until he was probably killed at the Persian capture of Babylon in 539 BC.
Kandalanu
Kandalanu was king of Babylonia under Assyrian suzerainty from 647 to 627 BC, appointed by Ashurbanipal after Shamash-shum-ukin's death; his 21-year reign anchors Neo-Babylonian chronology.
Kashshaya
Kashshaya, also spelled Kaššaya, was a princess of the Neo-Babylonian Empire and a daughter of King Nebuchadnezzar II, known only from cuneiform economic tablets, chiefly from Uruk, and proposed as the wife of Neriglissar.
Labashi-Marduk
Labashi-Marduk (Labaši-Marduk) was king of Babylon in 556 BC, the young son and successor of Neriglissar who reigned only a few months before a coup made Nabonidus king.
Marduk-apla-iddina II
Marduk-apla-iddina II, known in the Hebrew Bible as Merodach-Baladan, was a Chaldean king of Babylon from 721 or 722 to 710 BC and again briefly in 703 BC.
Nabopolassar
Nabopolassar, in Akkadian Nabu-apla-usur, was king of Babylon from 626 to 605 BC and founder of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, which he built by destroying Assyria in alliance with the Medes.
Nebuchadnezzar III
Nebuchadnezzar III, born Nidintu-Bēl, was a Babylonian official who rebelled against Darius I, claiming to be a son of Nabonidus, and ruled Babylonia from October to December 522 BCE.
Nebuchadnezzar IV
Nebuchadnezzar IV, whose personal name was Arakha, was a rebel king of Babylonia in 521 BC who claimed to be a son of Nabonidus; Darius I's forces defeated and executed him.
Nergal-ushezib
Nergal-ushezib, also written Nergal-ušēzib, was king of Babylon in 693 BC, placed on the throne by the Elamite king Hallušu-Inšušinak and taken prisoner by Assyria after a reign of one year and six months.
Neriglissar
Neriglissar, also known as Nergal-shar-usur or Nergalsharezer, was the fourth king of the Neo-Babylonian dynasty, reigning from 559 to 556 BC after seizing the throne by killing Amēl-Marduk.