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Also known as Eurycrates II

Eurycratides (, meaning "descendant of Eurycrates") was the thirteenth king of Sparta from the Agiad dynasty. He succeeded his father Anaxander around 615 BC and reigned during a devastating period of war with Tegea.

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It sits within the topics 590s BC deaths, 6th-century BC monarchs and 6th-century BC Spartans.

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Monarch.name
Eurycratides
Monarch.succession
King of Sparta
Monarch.reign
615–590 BC
Monarch.predecessor
Anaxander
Monarch.successor
Leon of Sparta
Monarch.issue
King Leon of Sparta
Monarch.father
King Anaxander of Sparta
Monarch.mother
Consort of Anaxander

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date of death
0590-01-01
date of birth
0600-01-01
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Eurycratides (, meaning "descendant of Eurycrates") was the thirteenth king of Sparta from the Agiad dynasty. He succeeded his father Anaxander around 615 BC and reigned during a devastating period of war with Tegea.

In 590 BC, Eurycratides was succeeded by his son Leon ("lion"). His grandson was King Anaxandridas II.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eurycratides” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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