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'''Demetrius II''', son of [[Antigonus II of Macedon|Antigonus Gonatas]], reigned as king of [[Macedon]]ia from [[239 BC|239]] to [[229 BC]]. He belonged to the [[Antigonid dynasty]].

He had already during his father's lifetime distinguished himself by defeating [[Alexander II of Epirus]] at [[Derdia]] and so saving Macedonia
(circa [[260 BC]]). On his accession he had to face a coalition which the two great leagues, usually rivals, the Aetolian and [[Achaea]]n, formed against the Macedonian power. He succeeded in dealing this coalition severe blows, wresting [[Boeotia]] from their alliance. The revolution in [[Epirus]], which substituted a republican league for the monarchy, gravely weakened his position.

Demetrius had also to defend Macedonia against the wild peoples of the north. A battle with the [[Dardani|Dardanians]] turned out disastrously, and he died shortly afterwards, leaving Philip, his son by Chryseis, still a child.

Former wives of Demetrius were Stratonice, the daughter of the Seleucid king [[Antiochus I Soter|Antiochus I]], Phthia the daughter of Alexander of Epirus, and Nicaea, the widow of his cousin Alexander. The chronology of these marriages is a matter of dispute.

==References==
''This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.''

{| {{start box}}
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| width="30%" align="center" | Preceded by:<br>'''[[Antigonus II Gonatas|Antigonus II]]'''
| width="40%" align="center" | '''[[Kings of Macedon|King of Macedon]]'''<br>239–229 BC
| width="30%" align="center" | Succeeded by:<br>'''[[Antigonus III Doson|Antigonus III]]'''
|}

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[[Category:229 BC deaths]]
[[Category:Macedonian monarchs]]

Demetrius II of Macedon - Revision history

Irlandos at 18:19, June 17, 2006