Eurycratides ( grc-gre, Εὐρυκρατίδης, "wide ruler") was the thirteenth
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 ...
from the
Agiad
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dynasty. He succeeded his father
Anaxander
Anaxander or Anaxandros ( grc-gre, Ἀνάξανδρος) was the 12th Agiad dynasty King of Sparta (ruled c. 640–615 BC).
He was the son of King Eurycrates and father of King Eurycratides.
His grandson was King Leon of Sparta
Leon ( g ...
around 615 BC and reigned during a devastating period of war with
Tegea
Tegea (; el, Τεγέα) was a settlement in ancient Arcadia, and it is also a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the Tripoli municipality, of which it is a municipal unit w ...
.
In 590 BC, Eurycratides was succeeded by his son
Leon
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("lion").
[Herodotus 7.204, "(Leonides) Anaxandrides' son, Leon’s son, Eurycratides’ son, Anaxandrus’ son, Eurycrates’ son".] His grandson was
King Anaxandridas II.
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590 BC deaths
Year of birth unknown