Ruler · 640 – 560 BCE

Alyattes of Lydia

Lived 640 – 560 BCE; politician. King of Lydia (Lydia), 635 BCE – 585 BCE.

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Lived: 640 BCE – 560 BCE; 80 years
In office: 50 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Lydia
Left it: ending not on record; nothing on record

King of Lydia

Lydia · the 3rd of 5 dated reigns · 644 BCE – 530 BCE

Gyges of Lydia644 BCE

Ardys II644 BCE – 637 BCE

Alyattes of Lydia635 BCE – 585 BCE

Croesus585 BCE – 546 BCE

Cyrus the Great547 BCE – 530 BCE

killed, executed or dead in battleending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 635 BCE – 585 BCE · 50 years

Came to it: the grandchild of the ruler before, on record
Left it: ending not on recordnothing on record: no death date to read the end against

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