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Leotychidas

540 BC - 469 BC

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Leotychidas II (Ancient Greek: Λεωτυχίδας; Doric: Λατυχίδας Latychidas; c. 545 – c. 469 BC) was king of Sparta between 491–476 BC, alongside Cleomenes I and later Leonidas I and Pleistarchus. He led Spartan forces during the Persian Wars from 490 BC to 478 BC. Born in Sparta around 545 BC, Leotychidas was a descendant of the Royal House of the Eurypontids (through Menamus, Agesilaus, Hippocratides, Leotychides, Anaxilaus, Archidamos, Anaxandridas I and Theopompus) and came to power in 491 BC with the help of the Agiad King Cleomenes I by challenging the legitimacy of the birth of Demaratus for the Eurypontid throne of Sparta. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leotychidas is the 182nd most popular nobleman (up from 379th in 2019), the 181st most popular biography from Greece (up from 346th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Greek Nobleman.

Leotychidas was most famous for being the first Spartan king to die in battle.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Leotychidas ranks 182 out of 1,415. Before him are Setnakhte, Joan of France, Duchess of Berry, Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, and Beatrice d'Este. After him are Prince Leopold of Bavaria, Robert Curthose, Princess Augusta of Bavaria, Lady Katherine Grey, Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor, and Ramesses VII.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 540 BC, Leotychidas ranks 3. Before him are Leonidas I, and Miltiades. After him are Amyntas I of Macedon, Appius Claudius Sabinus Regillensis, and Spurius Cassius Viscellinus. Among people deceased in 469 BC, Leotychidas ranks 1. After him is King Yuan of Zhou.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Leotychidas ranks 181 out of 1,024. Before him are Hippocrates of Chios (-470), Porphyry of Gaza (347), Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark (1870), Chilon of Sparta (-600), Antigonus II Gonatas (-319), and Odysseas Elytis (1911). After him are Yanis Varoufakis (1961), Cleomenes I (-600), Karolos Papoulias (1929), Jerry Falwell (1933), Xanthippus (-590), and Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Greece

Among noblemen born in Greece, Leotychidas ranks 4. Before him are Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921), Queen Sofía of Spain (1938), and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (1906). After him are Memnon of Rhodes (-380), Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (1914), and Arsinoe I (-305).

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