Pyrrhus II of Epirus
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Pyrrhus II was the son of Olympias II
and Alexander II of Epirus
. He was a brother of Ptolemy
and Phthia of Macedon. He ruled as king of Epirus
from 255 BC
to 237 ВС. He had two daughters: Deidamia II
was the last ruler of the Aeacid Dynasty and Nereis
who married Gelon of Syracuse.
Olympias II of Epirus
Olympias was daughter of Pyrrhus, king of Epirus from his first wife Antigone. She was the wife of her own paternal half-brother Alexander II...
and Alexander II of Epirus
Alexander II of Epirus
Alexander II was a king of Epirus, and the son of Pyrrhus and Lanassa, the daughter of the Sicilian tyrant Agathocles.-Reign:He succeeded his father as king in 272 BC, and continued the war which his father had begun with Antigonus II Gonatas, whom he succeeded in driving from the kingdom of Macedon...
. He was a brother of Ptolemy
Ptolemy of Epirus
Ptolemy ; 237 BC-died 234 ВС), king of Epirus, was the second son of Alexander II, king of Epirus, and Olympias, grandson of the great Pyrrhus and brother of Phthia of Macedon. He was named in honor of his late uncle Ptolemy, a late brother of his parents...
and Phthia of Macedon. He ruled as king of Epirus
Epirus (ancient state)
Epirus was an ancient Greek state, located in the geographical region of Epirus, in the western Balkans. The homeland of the ancient Epirotes was bordered by the Aetolian League to the south, Thessalia and Macedonia to the east and Illyrian tribes to the north...
from 255 BC
255 BC
Year 255 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Nobilior and Paullus...
to 237 ВС. He had two daughters: Deidamia II
Deidamia II of Epirus
Deidamia or Deidameia or Laodamia was a princess, daughter of Pyrrhus II of Epirus, king of Epirus. She had a sister, Nereis, who married Gelo of Syracuse. During a rebellion in Epirus her sister send her 800 mercenaries from Gaul. Part of the Molossians supported her, and with the aid of the...
was the last ruler of the Aeacid Dynasty and Nereis
Nereis of Epirus
Nereis of Epirus was a daughter of Pyrrhus II. She was married, apparently long after her father's death, to Gelo, son of Hiero II, king of Syracuse, by whom she became the mother of the king Hieronymus of Syracuse. It appears that she outlived her sister Deidamia, and was thus the last surviving...
who married Gelon of Syracuse.