Leonidas II

Leonidas was the son of Cleonymus and grandson of King Cleomenes II (r. 370–309) of the Agiad dynasty, one of the two royal families of Sparta (the other being the Eurypontids).

[1][2] Leonidas II was raised at the Seleucid court, and according to Plutarch's Life of Agis IV, he married a Persian woman.

His Persian-influenced lifestyle, his non-Spartan (therefore foreign) wife and his half-Spartan children would all be made issues by the ephor Lysander, the co-king Agis IV, and their supporters.

He later returned to Sparta while Agis was on campaign in Aetolia, deposed and exiled Cleombrotus II, and reclaimed his throne.

He was the father of three children by his wife Cratesiclea,[3] who belonged to the Seleucid dynasty founded by Seleucus Nicator.

Cleombrotus II ordered into banishment by Leonidas II king of Sparta, Pelagio Palagi (1775–1860).
Kleombrotos sent into Exile by Leonidas II , Oil on canvas, Benjamin West , c. 1768.