Menkheperre
Sign in to saveMenkheperre, son of Pinedjem I by wife Duathathor-Henuttawy (daughter of Ramesses XI by wife Tentamon), was the High Priests of Amun at Thebes in ancient Egypt from 1045 BC to 992 BC and ruler of the south of the country.
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- Pharaoh.name
- Menkheperre
- Pharaoh.image
- Stèle du Bannissement - 1069 -943 av. J.-C. (?) - Karnak - Louvre - E 7822 - image 2.jpg
- Pharaoh.caption
- Menkheperre (right) on the Banishment Stela at the Louvre.
- Pharaoh.predecessor
- Djedkhonsuefankh
- Pharaoh.role
- High Priest of Amun and Pharaoh
- Pharaoh.successor
- Smendes II
- Pharaoh.reign
- 1045–992 BC
- Pharaoh.prenomen
- Hem-netjer-tepi-en-AmunḤm-nṯr-tpj-n-JmnHigh Priest of Amun
- Pharaoh.prenomen_hiero
- R8-U36-D1:n-Z1-i-mn:n
- Pharaoh.nomen
- MenkheperreMn ḫpr RˁEnduring is the apparition of Ra
- Pharaoh.father
- Pinedjem I
- Pharaoh.mother
- Duathathor-Henuttawy
- Pharaoh.spouse
- Isetemkheb C
- Pharaoh.children
- Smendes II, Henuttawy C, Pinedjem II, Isetemkheb D, Hori, Meritamen, Gautseshen
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- Image
- Molded Faience Amuletic Tube with Throne Name of the High Priest of Amen Menkheperre LACMA M.80.198.107.jpg
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- date of death
- 0992-01-01
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- Menkheperre
- date of birth
- 1100-01-01
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Menkheperre, son of Pinedjem I by wife Duathathor-Henuttawy (daughter of Ramesses XI by wife Tentamon), was the High Priests of Amun at Thebes in ancient Egypt from 1045 BC to 992 BC and ruler of the south of the country.
==Biography== Menkheperre's eldest full brother Masaharta followed their father Pinedjem I as High Priest. He was followed by another brother, Djedkhonsuefankh, after whose death, in the 25th year of Smendes I, Menkheperre became High Priest. With his elder half-brother ruling at Tanis as Pharaoh Psusennes I, Menkheperre's power, like that of Masaharta, must have been somewhat curtailed. Menkheperre took as his throne name the title of "First prophet of Amun", just as his great-grandfather Herihor had, perhaps an indication of this diminished role, though he kept the cartouche unlike his successors in the temple.