Cratesiclea (died 219 BC), was a Spartan queen, married to king Leonidas II of Sparta, and mother of Cleomenes III and Chilonis. During the reign of her...
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forced into exile by the Eurypontid king Agis IV between 243 and 241. Cratesiclea, wife of Leonidas II. She married Megistonos after the death of Leonidas...
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Born c. 265–260 BC Sparta Died 219 BC Alexandria Consort Agiatis Issue Unknown (at least one son) Dynasty Agiad Father Leonidas II Mother Cratesiclea...
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grandmother Archidamia. He was the father of three children by his wife Cratesiclea, who belonged to the Seleucid dynasty founded by Seleucus Nicator. His...
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grandson of Cleombrotus II and Chilonis, daughter of Leonidas II and Cratesiclea. After the death of Cleomenes III he was elected king while still a minor...
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respectively. Chilonis, daughter of the king Leonidas II and his wife Cratesiclea, a woman of Persian origin, became Queen of Sparta in 242 BC, when the...
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execution by strangulation "O children, whither are you going?": 110 — Cratesiclea, queen of Sparta (219 BCE), after seeing the children of her family executed...
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