Eurycratides
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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.
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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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Key facts
- 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.