Odrysian Kingdom - List of Odrysian Kings

List of Odrysian Kings

The list below includes the known Odrysian or Astaean kings of Thrace, but much of it is conjectural. Various other Thracian kings (some of them perhaps Odrysian like Pleuratus) are included as well. Odrysian kings though called Kings of Thrace never exercised sovereignty over all of Thrace. Control varied according to tribal relationships.

  • Teres I, son of Odryses? 460 BC–445 BC
  • Sparatocos, son of Teres I 450–431 BC
  • Sitalces or Sparatocos, son of Teres I 431–424 BC
  • Seuthes I, son of Sparatokos 424–410 BC
  • Metokos (variously considered the father of or the same as Amadocus I), son of Stalkes
  • Amadocus I, son of Sitalkes or of Metokos 408–389 BC
  • Seuthes II, son of Maisades son of Sparatokos 405–387 BC
  • Hebryzelmis, son of Seuthes I 387–383 BC
  • Cotys I, son of Seuthes I or of Seuthes II 384–359 BC
  • Cersobleptes, son of Cotys I, in eastern Thrace, deposed, 359–341 BC
  • Berisades, thought to be a grandson of Seuthes I, in western Thrace, 359–352 BC
  • Amatokos II, son of Amatokos I, in central Thrace, 359–351 BC
  • Cetriporis, son of Berisades, in western Thrace, 356–351 BC
  • Teres II, son of Amatokos II, in central Thrace, deposed, 351–341 BC
  • (Ruled by Macedon, 341-331 BC)
  • Seuthes III, son of Cotys I 331 BC–300 BC
  • Cotys II, son of Seuthes III 300–280 BC]
  • Raizdos (possibly the same as Roigos, below), son of Cotys II? 280 BC – ?
  • Cotys III, son of Raizdos 270 BC
  • Rhescuporis I, son of Cotys III 240–215 BC
  • Seuthes IV, son of Rhescuporis I, or of Teres III 215–190 BC
  • Pleuratus 213–208 BC, a Thracian or Illyrian king that attacked Tylis

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