Eudamidus II ( grc-gre, Εὐδαμίδας) was the 24th
King of Sparta
For most of its history, the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek polis, city-state of Sparta in the Peloponnese was ruled by kings. Sparta was unusual among the Greek city-states in that it maintained its kingship past the archaic Greece, Archaic age. I ...
of the
Eurypontid
For most of its history, the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta in the Peloponnese was ruled by kings. Sparta was unusual among the Greek city-states in that it maintained its kingship past the Archaic age. It was even more unusual in that it had ...
dynasty. He was the son of King
Archidamus IV
Archidamus IV ( el, Ἀρχίδαμος Δ΄) was Eurypontid king of Sparta from c. 300 BC to c. 275 BC. An obscure king, Archidamus is only known for his defeat against the Macedonian king Demetrius Poliorketes at Mantinea in 294, where he mig ...
, nephew of
Agesistrata Agesistrata (died 241 BC), was a Spartan queen, married to king Eudamidas II of Sparta.Plutarch, Vita di Agide, 7.
She was the daughter of king Eudamidas I of Arachidamia. She and her mother were the wealthiest women in Sparta. She and her mot ...
and grandson of
Eudamidas I
Eudamidas I (Greek: Εὐδαμίδας) was Spartan king between 331 and c. 300 BC. He succeeded his brother Agis III, who died at the battle of Megalopolis against Macedonia. Eudamidas' reign was therefore peaceful as Sparta recovered from this ...
and
Archidamia. He ruled from 275 BC to 244 BC.
Two of his sons, his successor
Agis IV
Agis IV ( grc-gre, Ἄγις; c. 265 BC – 241 BC), the elder son of Eudamidas II, was the 25th king of the Eurypontid dynasty of Sparta. Posterity has reckoned him an idealistic but impractical monarch.
Family background and accession
Agi ...
and
Archidamus V
Archidamus V ( grc, Ἀρχίδαμος Ε΄) was the 27th of the Kings of Sparta of the Eurypontid line, reigning during 228 and 227 BC.
He was the son of Eudamidas II and Agesistrata and through him the grandson of Archidamus IV, after whom he w ...
, went on to become Eurypontid kings of Sparta.
3rd-century BC rulers
3rd-century BC Spartans
Eurypontid kings of Sparta
240s BC deaths
Year of birth unknown
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