Esarhaddon

Esarhaddon (flourished 7th century bc) was the king of Assyria from 680–669 bc, a descendant of Sargon II. He is best known for his conquest of Egypt in 671. Although he was a younger son, Esarhaddon had already been proclaimed successor to the throne by his father, Sennacherib, who had appointed him governor of Babylon some time after Sennacherib sacked that city in 689. Sennacherib was murdered (681) by one or more of Esarhaddon’s brothers,...