Image by andriish22 on Pixabay · Pixabay License
Cleomenes I
Sign in to saveAgiad King of Sparta from c.524 BC to c.490 BC
OverviewAI-generated
Cleomenes I was a male ruler and king of Sparta during the classical antiquity period. Born in 600 BCE in Sparta, he was a member of the Agiad family and the son of Anaxandridas II. His siblings included Cleombrotus, Leonidas I, and Dorieus. He spoke Ancient Greek and is identified in his native language as Κλεομένης Α΄ της Σπάρτης.
Cleomenes I died in Sparta, with recorded dates of death in 489 BCE and 490 BCE. The manner of his death was suicide, caused by exsanguination. He had a child named Gorgo. Historical sources describing him include the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and the 11th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica.
Synthesized by Vinony from 25 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Reign
- c. 524 BC – c. 490 BC
- Predecessor
- Anaxandrides II
- Successor
- Leonidas I
- Died
- c. 490 BC
- Issue
- Gorgo
- Dynasty
- Agiad
- Father
- Anaxandrides II
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sparta
- Place of birth
- Sparta
- Place of death
- Sparta
- Child
- Gorgo
- Father
- Anaxandridas II
- Sibling
- Dorieus
- Occupation
- ruler
- Position held
- king of Sparta
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Family
- Agiads
Show 6 more facts
- date of death
- 0490-00-00
- manner of death
- Suicide
- date of birth
- 0600-01-01
- time period
- classical antiquity
- cause of death
- exsanguination
- name in native language
- Κλεομένης Α΄ της Σπάρτης
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~30 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Cleomenes I (/kliːˈɒmɪniːz/; Greek Κλεομένης; died c. 490 BC) was Agiad King of Sparta from c. 524 to c. 490 BC. One of the most important Spartan kings, Cleomenes was instrumental in organising the Greek resistance against the Persian Empire of Darius, as well as shaping the geopolitical balance of Classical Greece.
Herodotus's account
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cleomenes I” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.