Triteuta | |
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Successor | Teuta |
Spouse | Agron (1st) Demetrius of Pharos (2nd) |
Triteuta (Ancient Greek:Τριτεύτα;fl. 230–219 BC) was anIllyrian queen and the first wife of the Illyrian kingAgron of theArdiaei (r. 250–231 BC), with whom she had a son namedPinnes.[1][2]
Sometime before his death (231/230 BC), Agron divorced Triteuta and marriedTeuta. Their son, crown prince Pinnes, was placed under the guardianship of step-mother Teuta (the Queen regent) until after theFirst Illyrian War (228 BC).[3][2] It is believed that, at some point, Teuta abdicated, died, or was removed, and the regency for Pinnes was taken by Demetrius of Pharos.[4][5]
According toDio Chrysostom,Demetrius of Pharos married Triteuta and became regent for Pinnes,[6][2]after the war, thus becoming the most powerful of the Illyrian rulers in the 220s BC.[7][5]