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Name: Osorkon III Grand Priest Of Amon, Pharaoh Of Egypt
Sex: M
Birth: 855 BC ^b
Death: 769 BC ^d

Parents:

Father:
Takelot II Pharaoh Of Egypt Birth: 875 BC Death: 815 BC

Mother:

Karoma Merymout II Birth: 865 BC

Family:
Marriage:

Tentsai .^m1
Tentsai

Children:

Takelot III Pharaoh Of Egypt Death: 759 BC
Shepenwepet

Children:

Marriage:

Karoatjet .^m3
Karoatjet

Children:

Shepenwepet High Priest Of Amon

Bibliography

Dodson, Aiden, and Dylan Hilton, Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, London: Thames & Hudson, 2004. MCL 932 Dod. Available at http://archive.org/details/AidanDodsonTheCompleteRoyalFamiliesOfAncientEgypt Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Dodson Egypt p[0-9]*].
Settipani, Christian, Nos Ancetres de L'Antiquite, Etudes des possibilites de liens genealogiques entre les familles de l'Antiquite. Paris: Editions Christian, 1991. NYPL #ARB-93-7430. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Settipani LGA p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: [Ref: Settipani LGA p166],
parents:: [Ref: Settipani LGA p166]

Sources for death Information

date:: 786 BC [Ref: Settipani LGA p166]

Sources with Information about marriage to Tentsai

child:: [Ref: Dodson Egypt p226]

Sources with Information about marriage to unknown

child:: [Ref: Dodson Egypt p226]

Sources with Information about marriage to Karoatjet

child:: [Ref: Dodson Egypt p226]

Research Notes:
796-769 BC: Pharaoh of Egypt, throne name "Usermaetre-Setpenamun" [Ref: Dodson Egypt p292]

839-786 BC: Grand Priest of Amon [Ref: Settipani LGA p166]

appointed High Priest at the time of his father's assumption of the kingship [Ref: Dodson Egypt p230]

from year 11: involved in a lengthy civil war against Pedubast I and his successors, as recorded in his Chronicle text in the Bubastite Portal at Karnak. Although initially successful, in Takelot's year 15 Osorkon and his father seem to have lost control of Thebes until year 24. Then some kind of agreement let the prince resume his place as High Priest. However, hostilities were resumed a year or two after Takelot's death, with Osorkon's expulsion from Thebes once again. It was not until about the 40th anniversary of his first appointment that Osorkon finally regained office, with the help of his brother Bakenptah; this seems to have been marked soon after by his assumption of the throne as Osorkon III [Ref: Dodson Egypt p230]

missed funeral of father, due to waging war in south. Therefore the Pharaoh went to younger brother [Ref: Settipani LGA p164]

Pedigree of Osorkon III Grand Priest Of Amon, Pharaoh Of Egypt
                                                                /-----Sheshonq Grand Chief Of Ma
                                                       /-----Nimlot Grand Chief Of Ma
                                                      |         \-----Mehtenoueskhet
                                              /-----Sheshonq Pharaoh Of Egypt
                                             |        |         /-----Sheshonq Grand Chief Of Ma
                                             |         \-----Tentsepeh
                                             |                  \-----Mehtenoueskhet
                                     /-----Osorkon I Pharaoh Of Egypt
                                    |         \-----Karomama
                            /-----Takelot I Pharaoh Of Egypt
                           |         \-----Tashedkhonsu
                   /-----Osorkon II Pharaoh Of Egypt
                  |         \-----Kapes
          /-----Nimlot Grand Priest Of Amon And Thebes
         |         \-----Djedmoutesankh
/-----Takelot II Pharaoh Of Egypt
|         \-----Tentsepeh
Osorkon III Grand Priest Of Amon, Pharaoh Of Egypt
|                                                               /-----Sheshonq Grand Chief Of Ma
|                                                      /-----Nimlot Grand Chief Of Ma
|                                                     |         \-----Mehtenoueskhet
|                                             /-----Sheshonq Pharaoh Of Egypt
|                                            |        |         /-----Sheshonq Grand Chief Of Ma
|                                            |         \-----Tentsepeh
|                                            |                  \-----Mehtenoueskhet
|                                    /-----Osorkon I Pharaoh Of Egypt
|                                   |         \-----Karomama
|                           /-----Takelot I Pharaoh Of Egypt
|                          |         \-----Tashedkhonsu
|                  /-----Osorkon II Pharaoh Of Egypt
|                 |         \-----Kapes
|         /-----Nimlot Grand Priest Of Amon And Thebes
|        |         \-----Djedmoutesankh
\-----Karoma Merymout II
          \-----Tentsepeh

Descendants of Osorkon III Grand Priest Of Amon, Pharaoh Of Egypt

1. Osorkon III Grand Priest Of Amon, Pharaoh Of Egypt m1. Tentsai m2. m3. Karoatjet

m. Tentsai

2+ Takelot III Pharaoh Of Egypt m1. Kakat m2. Irtiubast m3.

3 Shepenwepet

4+ Irtiubast m. Takelot III Pharaoh Of Egypt

5 Djedptahiufankh

6+ Rudamun Pharaoh Of Egypt m1. Tadi m2.

m. Karoatjet

7 Shepenwepet High Priest Of Amon

2nd generation

2. Takelot III Pharaoh Of Egypt m1. Kakat m2. Irtiubast m3.

m. Kakat father: Amenhotep