Two Spartan kings, hereditary monarchs, one from each of the Agiad and Eurypontid families, had priestly obligations and the power to make war (although by the time of the Persian Wars, the kings' power to make war was restricted). One of the most famous of the Agiad kings, who traced their ancestry to Hercules, was Leonidas -- of 300 fame.
Names & Dates of the Kings of Sparta
| Agaidai | Eurypontidai |
|---|---|
| Agis 1 | |
| Echestratos | Eurypon |
| Leobotas | Prytanis |
| Dorrusas | Polydectes |
| Agesilaus I | Eunomos |
| Archilaus | Charillos |
| Teleklos | Nikandros |
| Alkamenes | Theopompos |
| Polydoros | Anaxandridas I |
| Eurykrates | Archidamos I |
| Anaxandros | Anaxilas |
| Eurykratidas | Leotychidas |
| Leon 590-560 | Hippocratides 600-575 |
| Anaxandrides II 560-520 | Agasicles 575-550 |
| Cleomenes 520-490 | Ariston 550-515 |
| Leonidas 490-480 | Demaratus 515-491 |
| Pleistrachus 480-459 | Leotychides II 491-469 |
| Pausanias 409-395 | Agis II 427-399 |
| Agesipolis I 395-380 | Agesilaus 399-360 |
| Cleombrotos 380-371 | |
| Agesipolis II 371-370 | |
| Cleomenes II 370-309 | Archidamos II 360-338 |
| Agis III 338-331 | |
| Eudamidas I 331- ? | |
| Araios I 309-265 | Archidamos IV |
| Akrotatos 265-255? | Eudamidas II |
| Araios II 255/4-247? | Agis IV ? - 243 |
| Leonidas 247?-244; 243-235 |
Archidamos V ? - 227 |
| Kleombrotos 244-243 | [interregnum] 227-219 |
| Kleomenes III 235-219 | Lykurgos 219- ? |
| Agesipolis 219- | Pelops (Machanidas regent) ? - 207 |
| Pelops (Nabis regent) 207- ? |
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| Nabis ? - 192 |
Sources:
[URL = < http://www.herodotuswebsite.co.uk/kings.htm > ] Chronology of Monarchical Rule[URL = < http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/sparking.html > ] The Kings of Sparta
