Echestratus
Sign in to saveEchestratus () was a King of ancient Sparta from about 900 to 870 BC. He was a son of king Agis I, and third of the Agiad line of Spartan kings.
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Echestratus
- Royalty.succession
- King of Sparta
- Royalty.reign
- 900 – 870 BC
- Royalty.predecessor
- Agis I
- Royalty.successor
- Labotas
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Sparta
- Child
- Labotas
- Father
- Agis I
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
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- date of death
- 0870-00-00
- time period
- classical antiquity
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- date of birth
- 0999-00-00
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Echestratus () was a King of ancient Sparta from about 900 to 870 BC. He was a son of king Agis I, and third of the Agiad line of Spartan kings.
In his reign Sparta gained control of the district of Cynuria on the Argive border. He was the father of Labotas or Leobotes, king of Sparta. His grandson was Doryssus.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Echestratus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.