He killed him in suprise with a mighty thrust with a spear.
No, Cronus was a Titan. He was a son of Gaia and Uranus.
His father Uranus.
Uranus
Cronus killed his father, Uranus, because he sought to overthrow him and seize power. Uranus had imprisoned Cronus's siblings, the Cyclopes and Hecatoncheires, in Tartarus, leading Cronus to resent him. With the encouragement of his mother, Gaia, Cronus ambushed Uranus with a sickle and castrated him, thus fulfilling his desire for power and control over the universe. This act set off a chain of events that would lead to Cronus's own downfall.
Cronus didn't hide any children. It was his father, Uranus, who hid Cronus' brothers, Hecatonchires and Cyclopes.
No, Cronus was a Titan. He was a son of Gaia and Uranus.
Uranus, the god of the universe. Gaia gave birth to him without the aid of a man (as she did with her other son, Pontus). With Uranus, they produced the Hecatoncheires, Cyclops, and the Titans and Titanesses, (which Uranus feared would overpower him, and threw them in a deep pit referred to as 'Tartarus'). Uranus's defeat was when his son Cronus castrated him, after which he fades into the background and is forgotten.
His father Uranus.
His son Saturn overthrew him from his kingdom and executed him.
Cronus to his father Uranus and Zeus to his father Cronus
Uranus
The Titan children of Uranus and Gaia took Uranus's place as rulers of the heavens, for Uranus had been castrated by the scythe that Cronus had wielded. Cronus was afterwards called King of the Titans, his son Zeus would later overthrow him for swallowing his own sons and daughters in fear of a prophesy of Gaia and Uranus, that he would be overthrown be his children, as he had overthrown his father Uranus.
Cronus killed his father, Uranus, because he sought to overthrow him and seize power. Uranus had imprisoned Cronus's siblings, the Cyclopes and Hecatoncheires, in Tartarus, leading Cronus to resent him. With the encouragement of his mother, Gaia, Cronus ambushed Uranus with a sickle and castrated him, thus fulfilling his desire for power and control over the universe. This act set off a chain of events that would lead to Cronus's own downfall.
Cronus didn't hide any children. It was his father, Uranus, who hid Cronus' brothers, Hecatonchires and Cyclopes.
Gaea, goddess of the earth, and Uranus, god of the heavens, were the parents of Cronus.
Cronus defeated his farther Uranus because his mother Gaia wanted him to overthrow Uranus and free his brothers, the Cyclopes, and the hundred handed monsters.
Cronus/Kronos did not ever become an ultimate 'god'. He was a titan.