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Ruler of Ancient Egypt

  • Dated c. 3150 BCE – 30 BCE
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Overview

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Who held it, in order

A sequence of office-holders, not a family genealogy.

  • 62 holders
  • 2 overlaps
  • 13 gaps
  • 19 steps named in the records
  • 29 undated
  1. 2580 BCE – 2570 BCE Djedefre Egyptian Pharaoh
  2. 2570 BCE – 2530 BCE Khafra ancient Egyptian pharaoh of 4th dynasty

  3. Gap about 553 years with no holder recorded

    30 December 1977 BCE – 2 February 1947 BCE Amenemhat I Egyptian-Sudanese king
  4. 1947 BCE – 1911 BCE Senusret I pharaoh of Egypt
  5. 1911 BCE – 1879 BCE Amenemhat II pharaoh of Egypt

  6. Gap about 490 years with no holder recorded

    1389 BCE – 1349 BCE Amenhotep III ninth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt
  7. 1349 BCE – 1333 BCE Akhenaten Egyptian pharaoh in 18th Dynasty

  8. Overlap held at the same time as Akhenaten

    1337 BCE – 1336 BCE Smenkhkare Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty

  9. Gap about 3 years with no holder recorded

    1333 BCE – 1324 BCE Tutankhamun 14th century BCE (18th dynasty) Egyptian pharaoh
  10. 1324 BCE – 1320 BCE Ay Egyptian pharaoh of the late 18th Dynasty (14th century BCE)

  11. Gap about 31 years with no holder recorded

    1289 BCE – 1279 BCE Seti I second pharaoh of Ancient Egypt's 19th dynasty
  12. 31 May 1279 BCE – 1212 BCE Ramesses II Egyptian third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty
  13. 1212 BCE – 1202 BCE Merneptah fourth pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty of Egypt
  14. 1202 BCE – 1198 BCE Amenmesse Egyptian pharaoh of the 19th dynasty

  15. Overlap held at the same time as Amenmesse

    1199 BCE – 1193 BCE Seti II Egyptian pharaoh, sixth ruler of the Nineteenth dynasty

  16. Gap about 3 years with no holder recorded

    1190 BCE – 1188 BCE Twosret final pharaoh of the 19th dynasty

  17. Gap about 2 years with no holder recorded

    1186 BCE – 1154 BCE Ramesses III Egyptian pharaoh of the 20th dynasty
  18. 1154 BCE – 1148 BCE Ramesses IV 3rd pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt

  19. Gap about 5 years with no holder recorded

    1143 BCE – 1135 BCE Ramesses VI fifth ruler of the Twentieth dynasty of Egypt
  20. 1135 BCE – 1128 BCE Ramesses VII ancient Egyptian sixth pharaoh of the 20th dynasty
  21. 1128 BCE – 1127 BCE Ramesses VIII Egyptian pharaoh of the 20th dynasty

  22. Gap about 24 years with no holder recorded

    1103 BCE – 1073 BCE Ramesses XI Egyptian pharaoh of the 20th dynasty

  23. Gap about 409 years with no holder recorded

    664 BCE – 610 BCE Psamtik I first egyptian pharaoh of the 26th dynasty
  24. 610 BCE – 595 BCE Necho II 2nd Egyptian pharaoh of the 26th dynasty
  25. 595 BCE – 589 BCE Psamtik II 3rd Egyptian pharaoh of the 26th dynasty
  26. 589 BCE – 570 BCE Apries 4th Egyptian pharaoh of the 26th dynasty

  27. Gap about 45 years with no holder recorded

    525 BCE – 522 BCE Cambyses II The second Achaemenid emperor (530–522 BC)
  28. 29 September 522 BCE – 1 October 486 BCE Darius I The fourth and greatest Achaemenid emperor (522–486 BC)
  29. 522 BCE – 29 September 522 BCE Bardiya Son of Cyrus the Great (died c. 522 BC)

  30. Gap about 192 years with no holder recorded

    330 BCE – 323 BCE Alexander the Great king of Macedonia and conqueror of Achaemenid Persia (356–323 BC)
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  1. 322 BCE – 309 BCE Alexandros IV of Macedon King of Macedonia from 323/2 to 309 BC

  2. Gap about 4 years with no holder recorded

    305 BCE – 283 BCE Ptolemy I Soter Macedonian general, ruler of Egypt

  3. Gap about 232 years with no holder recorded

    29 August 51 BCE – 12 August 30 BCE Cleopatra Queen of Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BCE

No dates recorded 29

  • Dates unrecorded Menkheperre Egyptian High Priest of Amun
  • Dates unrecorded Pinedjem I ancient Egyptian high priest of Amun (1200-1031)
  • Dates unrecorded Yuya ancient Egyptian high priest of Min, father-in-law of Amenhotep III
  • Dates unrecorded Sneferu pharaoh and founder of the 4th dynasty of Ancient Egypt
  • Dates unrecorded Khufu Fourth Dynasty ancient Egyptian pharaoh
  • Dates unrecorded Psusennes I Egyptian pharaoh of the 21st dynasty
  • Dates unrecorded Psusennes II last Egyptian pharaoh of the 21st dynasty
  • Dates unrecorded Tiye Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III
  • Dates unrecorded Xerxes I fifth Achaemenid emperor (486–465 BC)
  • Dates unrecorded Artaxerxes II The 10th Achaemenid Emperor (404–358 BC)
  • Dates unrecorded Artaxerxes III 11th Achaemenid Emperor (358–338 BC)
  • Dates unrecorded Amenemhat I Egyptian-Sudanese king
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