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Belshazzar

Belshazzar was the son and crown prince of Nabonidus (who reigned from 556 to 539 BC), the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Through his mother, he might have been a grandson of Nebuchadnezzar II (who reigned from 605 to 562 BC), though this is not certain and the claims to kinship with Nebuchadnezzar may have originated from royal propaganda.

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