NOBLEMAN

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leotychidas has received more than 108,218 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Leotychidas is the 378th most popular nobleman (down from 363rd in 2019), the 346th most popular biography from Greece (down from 335th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Greek Nobleman.

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

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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Leotychidas ranks 378 out of 1,415Before him are Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Otto V, Duke of Brunswick, Elias, Duke of Parma, Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily, and Igor Svyatoslavich. After him are Princess Elisabeth of Saxony, John V, Duke of Brittany, Beatrice of Silesia, Anna Catherine Constance Vasa, Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel, and Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 540 BC, Leotychidas ranks 4Before him are Leonidas I, Miltiades, and Amyntas I of Macedon. After him are Spurius Cassius Viscellinus, and Appius Claudius Sabinus Regillensis. Among people deceased in 469 BC, Leotychidas ranks 1After him is King Yuan of Zhou.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Leotychidas ranks 346 out of 1,024Before him are Diagoras of Melos (-450), Laonikos Chalkokondyles (1423), Antenor (-590), Campaspe (-400), Nikolaos Gyzis (1842), and Paeonius (-500). After him are Isaac Carasso (1874), Aeschines of Sphettus (-430), Alexandros Panagoulis (1939), Pleistoanax (-500), Aratus of Sicyon (-271), and Eupolis (-446).

Among NOBLEMEN In Greece

Among noblemen born in Greece, Leotychidas ranks 6Before him are Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921), Queen Sofía of Spain (1938), Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark (1914), Memnon of Rhodes (-380), and Arsinoe I (-305). After him are Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (1906).