Ruler · 336 – 283 BCE

Demetrius I Poliorcetes

Lived 336 – 283 BCE; politician. King of Macedonia (Macedonia), 294 BCE – 288 BCE; also in the line of Antigonid dynasty.

Wikidata's English label: Demetrius I of Macedon.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 336 BCE – 283 BCE; 53 years
In office: 6 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

King of Macedonia

Macedonia · the 13th of 25 dated reigns · 393 BCE – 168 BCE

9 before

Philip IV of Macedon297 BCE

Alexander V of Macedon297 BCE – 294 BCE

Antipater I of Macedon297 BCE – 294 BCE

Demetrius I Poliorcetes294 BCE – 288 BCE

Pyrrhus of Epirus288 BCE – 285 BCE

Lysimachus288 BCE – 281 BCE

Ptolemy Ceraunus281 BCE – 279 BCE

9 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 294 BCE – 288 BCE · 6 years · came to it aged 43

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 288 BCE; they died in 283 BCE

Also in the line of Antigonid dynasty (1st of 6).

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