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Cleombrotus II ordered into banishment by Leonidas II king of Sparta, Pelagio Palagi (1775–1860). Kleombrotos sent into Exile by Leonidas II , Oil on canvas, Benjamin West , c. 1768. Leonidas II ( / l i ˈ ɒ n ɪ d ə s , - d æ s / ; Ancient Greek : Λεωνίδας Β΄ , Leōnídas B' , "Lion's son, Lion-like") was the 28th Agiad King of ...
Cratesiclea (died 219 BC), was a Spartan queen, married to king Leonidas II of Sparta (ancient Greece), and mother of Cleomenes III and Chilonis. [1] [2] During the reign of her spouse, her foreign origin was used by the opposition of her husband, as Spartan law declared that the queens of Sparta must be Spartan.
Chilonis, daughter of the king Leonidas II and his wife Cratesiclea, a woman of Persian origin, [1] became Queen of Sparta in 242 BC, when the father was deposed from the throne by the ephor Lysander and substituted by her husband Cleombrotus II.
Cleombrotus II, put on the throne by the Eurypontid Agis IV to replace Leonidas II forced into exile in 243–241, but in turn went into exile when Leonidas was restored. He was the son-in-law of Leonidas II, but his relationship with the other Agiads is uncertain. [64] Chilonis, daughter of Leonidas II, wife of Cleombrotus II.
Chilonis (wife of Cleombrotus II) (3rd century BC) Spartan queen, daughter of the king Leonidas II and wife of Cleombrotus II Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Chilonis .
A bust believed to depict King Leonidas I, Gorgo's husband. After Cleomenes's death in 489 BC, Gorgo was left as his sole heiress. By 490, she was apparently already married to her half-uncle Leonidas I. [11] Despite being the daughter and wife of Spartan kings, Gorgo herself could not be considered a queen, as royal women in Sparta did not typically hold a special role in society.
Cleombrotus II (Greek: Κλεόμβροτος Β΄) was a Spartan king of the Agiad dynasty. He married into the royal family via the daughter of Leonidas II , Chilonis . Chilonis's mother was a Persian/Seleucid woman, and Cleombrotus II's wife was therefore not fully Spartan.
Cleomenes was born in Sparta to the future Agiad king Leonidas II and his wife Cratesicleia. The exact year of Cleomenes' birth is unknown but historian Peter Green puts it between 265 BC and 260 BC.