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For the similarly named Seleucid ruler see Demetrius II Nicator
Demetrius II Nicator

For the similarly named Macedonian ruler, see Demetrius II of Macedon. For the Macedonian prince, see Demetrius the Fair.Demetrius II , called Nicator , was the middle son of Demetrius I of Syria....
. For the Macedonian prince, see Demetrius the Fair
Demetrius the Fair

For the similarly named Macedonian ruler, see Demetrius II of Macedon.Demetrius the Fair or surnamed The Handsome , also known in modern ancient historical sources as Demetrius of Cyrene, was a Macedon Prince and Greek Cyrenaean King....
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Demetrius II Aetolicus (Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
: ??µ?t???? ??t??????) son of Antigonus Gonatas, reigned as king of Macedon
Macedon

Macedon or Macedonia was the name of a monarchy centred in the northernmost part of ancient Greece. The homeland of the ancient Macedonians, it was bordered by the kingdom of Epirus to the west and the region of Thrace to the east....
ia from 239 to 229 BC. He belonged to the Antigonid dynasty
Antigonid dynasty

The Antigonid dynasty was a dynasty of Hellenistic kings descended from Alexander the Great general Antigonus I Monophthalmus .History...
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He had already during his father's lifetime distinguished himself by defeating Alexander II of Epirus
Alexander II of Epirus

Alexander II was a king of Epirus , and the son of Pyrrhus of Epirus and Lanassa, the daughter of the Sicilian tyrant Agathocles....
 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
Achaea

Achaea is an ancient province and a present prefectures of Greece of Greece, on the northern coast of the Peloponnese, stretching from the mountain ranges of Erymanthus and Cyllene on the south to a narrow strip of fertile land on the north, bordering the Gulf of Corinth, into which the mountain Panachaicus projects....
n, formed against the Macedonian power.






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For the similarly named Seleucid ruler see Demetrius II Nicator
Demetrius II Nicator

For the similarly named Macedonian ruler, see Demetrius II of Macedon. For the Macedonian prince, see Demetrius the Fair.Demetrius II , called Nicator , was the middle son of Demetrius I of Syria....
. For the Macedonian prince, see Demetrius the Fair
Demetrius the Fair

For the similarly named Macedonian ruler, see Demetrius II of Macedon.Demetrius the Fair or surnamed The Handsome , also known in modern ancient historical sources as Demetrius of Cyrene, was a Macedon Prince and Greek Cyrenaean King....
.

Demetrius II Aetolicus (Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
: ??µ?t???? ??t??????) son of Antigonus Gonatas, reigned as king of Macedon
Macedon

Macedon or Macedonia was the name of a monarchy centred in the northernmost part of ancient Greece. The homeland of the ancient Macedonians, it was bordered by the kingdom of Epirus to the west and the region of Thrace to the east....
ia from 239 to 229 BC. He belonged to the Antigonid dynasty
Antigonid dynasty

The Antigonid dynasty was a dynasty of Hellenistic kings descended from Alexander the Great general Antigonus I Monophthalmus .History...
.

He had already during his father's lifetime distinguished himself by defeating Alexander II of Epirus
Alexander II of Epirus

Alexander II was a king of Epirus , and the son of Pyrrhus of Epirus and Lanassa, the daughter of the Sicilian tyrant Agathocles....
 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
Achaea

Achaea is an ancient province and a present prefectures of Greece of Greece, on the northern coast of the Peloponnese, stretching from the mountain ranges of Erymanthus and Cyllene on the south to a narrow strip of fertile land on the north, bordering the Gulf of Corinth, into which the mountain Panachaicus projects....
n, formed against the Macedonian power. He succeeded in dealing this coalition severe blows, wresting Boeotia
Boeotia

Boeotia, Beotia, or B?otia , formerly Cadmeis, was a region of ancient Greece, north of the eastern part of the Gulf of Corinth. It was bounded on the south by Megaris and the Kithairon mountain range that forms a natural barrier with Attica, on the north by Opuntian Locris and the Euripus Strait at the Gulf of Euboea, and on the...
 from their alliance. The revolution in Epirus
Epirus (region)

Epirus is a region in south-eastern Europe, currently divided between the Peripheries of Greece Epirus in Greece and the prefectures of Gjirokast?r, Vlor?, Kor??, and Berat in southern Albania....
, 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
Dardani

The Dardani were an ancient Balkan tribe, of mixed Thraco-Illyrian origin. In the 1st century BC, they invaded the Roman Empire province of Macedonia together with the Scordisci and the Maedi....
 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
Antiochus I Soter

Antiochus I Soter , was a king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire. He reigned from 281 BC - 261 BC.Antiochus I was half Persians, his mother Apama being one of the eastern princesses whom Alexander the Great had given as wives to his generals in 324 BC....
, 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.