Humanities History & Culture List of Spartan Kings Names and dates of the Spartan kings Share Flipboard Email Print De Agostini / G. Dagli Orti / Getty Images History & Culture Ancient History & Culture Greece & Sparta Basics Major Figures & Events Ancient Languages Egypt Asia Rome Literature Mythology & Religion American History African American History African History Asian History European History Genealogy Inventions Latin American History Medieval & Renaissance History Military History The 20th Century Women's History View More by N.S. Gill Updated March 08, 2017 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 SpartaAgaidaiEurypontidaiAgis 1 EchestratosEuryponLeobotasPrytanisDorrusasPolydectesAgesilaus IEunomosArchilausCharillosTeleklosNikandrosAlkamenesTheopomposPolydorosAnaxandridas IEurykratesArchidamos IAnaxandrosAnaxilasEurykratidasLeotychidasLeon 590-560Hippocratides 600-575Anaxandrides II 560-520Agasicles 575-550Cleomenes 520-490Ariston 550-515Leonidas 490-480Demaratus 515-491Pleistrachus 480-459Leotychides II 491-469Pausanias 409-395Agis II 427-399Agesipolis I 395-380Agesilaus 399-360Cleombrotos 380-371 Agesipolis II 371-370 Cleomenes II 370-309Archidamos II 360-338 Agis III 338-331 Eudamidas I 331- ?Araios I 309-265Archidamos IVAkrotatos 265-255?Eudamidas IIAraios II 255/4-247?Agis IV ? - 243Leonidas 247?-244;243-235Archidamos V ? - 227Kleombrotos 244-243[interregnum] 227-219Kleomenes III 235-219Lykurgos 219- ?Agesipolis 219-Pelops(Machanidas regent) ? - 207 Pelops(Nabis regent) 207- ? 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 citecite this article Format mla apa chicago Your Citation Gill, N.S. "List of Spartan Kings." ThoughtCo, Feb. 8, 2017, thoughtco.com/list-of-spartan-kings-121102. Gill, N.S. (2017, February 8). List of Spartan Kings. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/list-of-spartan-kings-121102 Gill, N.S. "List of Spartan Kings." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/list-of-spartan-kings-121102 (accessed April 25, 2018). copy citation Continue Reading