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Anaxandridas II

565 BC - 525 BC

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Anaxandridas II (‹See Tfd›Greek: Ἀναξανδρίδας, meaning "descendant of Anaxander") was an Agiad king of Sparta from c. 560 BC to 524 BC, father of Leonidas I and grandfather of Pleistarchus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anaxandridas II has received more than 195,517 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Anaxandridas II is the 4,853rd most popular politician (down from 4,116th in 2019), the 301st most popular biography from Greece (down from 259th in 2019) and the 129th most popular Greek Politician.

Anaxandridas II was king of Sparta. He is most famous for his victory over the Persians in the Battle of Plataea.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Anaxandridas II ranks 4,853 out of 19,576Before him are Franz, Duke of Bavaria, Jing Ke, Nicholas J. Spykman, Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, Moktar Ould Daddah, and Ryszard Kaczorowski. After him are Leo Kanner, Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, Alexander II of Macedon, Jiroemon Kimura, Giovanni il Popolano, and Hamani Diori.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 565 BC, Anaxandridas II ranks 2Before him is Cleisthenes.  Among people deceased in 525 BC, Anaxandridas II ranks 3Before him are Anaximenes of Miletus, and Psamtik III. After him is Ankhnesneferibre.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Anaxandridas II ranks 301 out of 1,024Before him are Piri Mehmed Pasha (1458), Cleisthenes of Sicyon (-701), Cratinus (-500), Callimachus (-600), Anaxarchus (-380), and Timoleon (-411). After him are Ali Rıza Efendi (1839), Theramenes (-450), Lucas Papademos (1947), Philo of Larissa (-145), Aglaonice (null), and Dinocrates (-400).

Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Anaxandridas II ranks 129Before him are Georgios Papandreou (1888), Leonnatus (-356), Perdiccas I of Macedon (-700), Piri Mehmed Pasha (1458), Cleisthenes of Sicyon (-701), and Timoleon (-411). After him are Ali Rıza Efendi (1839), Theramenes (-450), Aglaonice (null), Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark (1876), William of Villehardouin (1300), and Tiberius Claudius Narcissus (50).