Meleager
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Key facts
- Reign
- 279 BC (2 months)
- Predecessor
- Ptolemy Keraunos
- Successor
- Antipater II Etesias
- Born
- 3rd c. BC
- Died
- 3rd c. BC
- Greek
- Μελέαγρος
- House
- Ptolemaic dynasty
- Father
- Ptolemy I Soter
- Mother
- Eurydice of Antipatrids
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Macedonia
- Place of death
- Macedonia
- Father
- Ptolemy I Soter
- Mother
- Eurydice of Egypt
- Occupation
- sovereign
- Position held
- king of Macedonia
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Family
- Ptolemaic dynasty
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- time period
- classical antiquity
- date of birth
- 0320-01-01
- name in native language
- Μελέαγρος
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Encyclopedic overview
Meleager of Macedonia (Greek: Μελέαγρος) was the brother of Ptolemy Keraunos and son of Ptolemy I Soter and Eurydice. Meleager ruled as King of Macedonia during 279 BC for two months until he was compelled by his Macedonian troops to abdicate his crown.
Citations
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Meleager” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.