Xerxes is best known for his foiled attempts to conquer Greece. Like his father, Darius I, he spent little time in Egypt and ruled from afar, allowing local regents and satraps to run Egypt as they saw fit.

The uprisings that marred the end of Darius' reign were finally quelled by Xerxes in the early part of his reign. The difficult process of putting down the rebellions is well documented by Herodotus and contemporary letters. In 482 BCE he was focused on suppressing Babylon, and he led a failed attempt to attack Greece in 480 BCE.

He returned to ruling Egypt (although didn't return to Egypt itself) for another fifteen years, until he was murdered in 465 BCE with his son, Darius.

pharaohs

Cambyses
Darius I
Xerxes I
Artaxerxes I
Xerxes II
Sogdianus
Darius II
Artaxerxes II