Demetrius II of Macedon
- Demetrius II of Macedon
::"For the similarly named Seleucid ruler see
Demetrius II Nicator . For the Macedonian prince, seeDemetrius the Fair ."Demetrius II (Aetolicus), son of Antigonus Gonatas, reigned as king of
Macedon ia from 239 to 229 BC. He belonged to theAntigonid dynasty .He had already during his father's lifetime distinguished himself by defeating
Alexander II of Epirus atDerdia 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 andAchaea n, formed against the Macedonian power. He succeeded in dealing this coalition severe blows, wrestingBoeotia 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 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, 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.
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