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Smenkhkare
| Ankhkheperure Smenkhkare Djeser Kheperu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 A young pharaoh who may be Smenkhkare depicted in Amarna style | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pharaoh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | 1335–1334 BC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coregency | Akhenaten (possibly) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Unclear, Akhenaten or Neferneferuaten | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Unclear, Neferneferuaten or Tutankhamun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Consort | Meritaten | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | Meritaten Tasherit (possibly), Tutankhamun (possibly) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Father | possibly Akhenaten, Prince Thutmose, or Amenhotep III | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1334 BC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Burial | KV55? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dynasty | 18th Dynasty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Smenkhkare (alternatively romanized Smenkhare, Smenkare, or Smenkhkara; meaning "Vigorous is the soul of Re") was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of unknown background who lived and ruled during the Amarna Period of the 18th Dynasty. Smenkhkare was husband to Meritaten, the daughter of his likely co-regent, Akhenaten. Since the Amarna period was subject to a large-scale condemnation of memory by later pharaohs, very little can be said of Smenkhkare with certainty, and he has hence been subject to immense speculation.[2]
- ^ a b Clayton, P., Chronicle of the Pharaohs (Thames and Hudson, 2006) p.120
- ^ Dodson 2009, pp. 30.
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