List of the kings of Epirus

This list of kings of Epirus below includes all kings and queens, along with princes and princesses until the last representative of the royal Aeacid dynasty whereupon a democracy was established. In 168 BC Epirus became the Roman province of Epirus Vetus. The dates in brackets indicate the reigning period if known.

Tribes of Epirus in antiquity

• Admetus (before 470-430 BC)
• Tharrhypas (430- 392 BC)
• Alcetas I (390, 385 - 370 BC)
• Neoptolemos I (370 - 357 BC)

• Troas (Aeacide), nobility

• Arybbas (373 BC - 343 BC)
• Alexander I (342-331 BC)

• Ptolemy I of Epirus, nobility
• Helenos (Aeacide), nobility

• Aeacides (330-317 BC)

• Deidamia I of Epirus, daughter of Aeacides

• Neoptolemos I (317-313 BC) second reign
• Alcetas II (313 BC – 306 BC)
• Pyrrhus I ( 307 - 302 BC)
• Neoptolemos II (302-297 ВС)

• Kadmeia (Aeacide), nobility

• Pyrrhus I (297 - 272 BC) second reign
• Alexander II (272-255 ВС)
• Olympias II of Epirus regent after Alexander II, her husband died
• Pyrrhus II (255- 237 BC) brother to Ptolemy
• Ptolemy (237- 234 BC) brother to Pyrrhus
• Pyrrhus III

• Nereis (Aeacide), nobility
• Deidamia (233 BC), nobility, ruled very briefly

• • End of the monarchy, see Epirote League

See also

• List of ancient Epirotes

References

• (Russian)Эпир
• Παγκόσμιο Βιογραφικό Λεξικό. Εκδοτική Αθηνών. Αθήνα, 1984 (Greek)

• Epirus, 4000 years of Greek history and civilization by M. B. Hatzopoulos,1997,ISBN 9602133775,page 79
• A history of Macedonia,Robert Malcolm Errington,1990,page 174,"Only a girl, Deidameia, remained of the royal house of the Aiakidai, and when she was murdered in 233, a politically incalculable federal republic was"