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Demetrius the Fair
Basileus
King of Cyrene
Reign250–249 BC
PredecessorMagas and Berenice II
SuccessorBerenice II and a republican government
Co-regentBerenice II
Bornc.285 BC
Macedon
Died249 BC
Cyrene
SpouseOlympias, Berenice II
Issue
  • Antigonus III
  • Echecrates
HouseAntigonid dynasty, Ptolemaic dynasty (by marriage)
FatherDemetrius of Macedon

Demetrius the Fair or the Handsome (Greek: Δημήτριος ὁ Καλός, c. 285 BC–249 BC), known in modern ancient historical sources as Demetrius of Cyrene, was a Hellenistic king of Cyrene, who succeeded Magas I.

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