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Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Henttaoui
  2. Nesibanebdjedet II Grand Priest Of Amon Death: 992 BC
  3. Pinudjem II Grand Priest Of Amon Death: After 969 BC
  4. Istemkheb
  5. Pasebkhanut
  6. Hori
  7. Meryetamun
  8. Gautsoshen

Bibliography
  1. Bennett, Chris, Annotated Egyptian Descent, in four parts. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 10/23/1995. Subject: Annotated Egyptian Descent Part 1/2/3/4 of 4. Apparently not archived by Google Groups. Author address: cbennett at TIERNAN dot COM. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Chris Bennett SGM 10/23/1995].
  2. 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]*].
  3. 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
parents:
[Ref: Settipani LGA p168],
father:
[Ref: Dodson Egypt p200]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Settipani LGA p168]
Sources with Information about marriage to Istemkheb
child:
[Ref: Dodson Egypt p200, Settipani LGA p168]
Research Notes:
1045-992 BC: Grand Priest of Amon [Ref: Settipani LGA p168]
High Priest of Amun [Ref: Dodson Egypt p200]

known to be son of Pinudjem I. Mother was probably Pinudjem's chief wife Hentawwy. [Ref: Chris Bennett SGM 10/23/1995]

assumed priesthood in year 25 of Nesibanebdjedet I, and immediatelhy proceeded souithward to Thebes to pacify the land and suppress his enemy, as recorded on a stela in the Louvre [Ref: Dodson Egypt p207]

also recorded on the stela, a number of those people implicated in the troubles were exiled to the western oases, to be recalled a few years later [Ref: Dodson Egypt p207]

undertook building work at the fortress of El-Hiba, as well as building other forts further south [Ref: Dodson Egypt p207]

on occasion used a cartouche, and is shown wearing a kingly kilt on a statuette in Rio de Janeiro, but he seems not to have made any substantive claim to kingship [Ref: Dodson Egypt p207]

Menkheperre's pontificate lasted for some 50 years, running in parallel with the reign of his brother, Pasebkhanut I [Ref: Dodson Egypt p207]

nothing known of his burial [Ref: Dodson Egypt p207]



Pedigree of Menkheperre Grand Priest Of Amon
          /-----Piankh High Priest Of Amun
 /-----Pinudjem I Grand Priest Of Amon, Pharaoh Of Egypt
|         \-----Nodjmet
|                  \-----Hrere
Menkheperre Grand Priest Of Amon
|                                                               /-----Mirenptah Pharaoh Of Egypt
|                                                      /-----Sethnakit
|                                                     |         \-----Isitnofret
|                                             /-----Ramses III Pharaoh Of Egypt
|                                            |         \-----Ttya
|                                    /-----Montouhirkhopshef
|                                   |         \-----Isis Ta Habadjilat
|                                   |                  \-----Habadilat Of Syria
|                           /-----Ramses IX Khaemwaset Pharaoh Of Egypt
|                          |         \-----Takhat
|                  /-----Ramses X Amenhirkopshef III Pharaoh Of Egypt
|                 |         \-----Baktouernel
|         /-----Ramses XI Khaemwaset II Pharaoh Of Egypt
|        |        |                                             /-----Mirenptah Pharaoh Of Egypt
|        |        |                                    /-----Sethnakit
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Isitnofret
|        |        |                           /-----Ramses III Pharaoh Of Egypt
|        |        |                          |         \-----Ttya
|        |        |                  /-----Montouhirkhopshef
|        |        |                 |         \-----Isis Ta Habadjilat
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Habadilat Of Syria
|        |        |         /-----Ramses IX Khaemwaset Pharaoh Of Egypt
|        |        |        |         \-----Takhat
|        |         \-----Tyti
|        |                  \-----Baktouernel
 \-----Henttaoui
         |         /-----Nebseny
          \-----Tentamon



Descendants of Menkheperre Grand Priest Of Amon
1. Menkheperre Grand Priest Of Amon m. Istemkheb
m. Istemkheb father: Pasebkhanuti I Pharaoh Of Egypt mother: Wiay

2nd generation

2. Henttaoui m. Nesibanebdjedet II Grand Priest Of Amon
m. Nesibanebdjedet II Grand Priest Of Amon father: Menkheperre Grand Priest Of Amon mother: Istemkheb
3. Nesibanebdjedet II Grand Priest Of Amon m1. Henttaoui m2. Tahentdjehuty
m. Henttaoui father: Menkheperre Grand Priest Of Amon mother: Istemkheb
m. Tahentdjehuty
4. Pinudjem II Grand Priest Of Amon m1. Istemkheb m2. Nesikhons
m. Istemkheb father: Menkheperre Grand Priest Of Amon mother: Istemkheb
m. Nesikhons father: Nesibanebdjedet II Grand Priest Of Amon mother: Tahentdjehuty
5. Istemkheb m. Pinudjem II Grand Priest Of Amon
m. Pinudjem II Grand Priest Of Amon father: Menkheperre Grand Priest Of Amon mother: Istemkheb
9. Gautsoshen m. Tjanefer
m. Tjanefer father: Nesipaherenmut mother: Isetemkheb

3rd generation

11. Nesikhons m. Pinudjem II Grand Priest Of Amon
m. Pinudjem II Grand Priest Of Amon father: Menkheperre Grand Priest Of Amon mother: Istemkheb
12. Psibkhanno II Grand Priest Of Amon, Pharaoh Of Egypt m.
18. Nesitanebetashru m.

4th generation

21. Maatkare m. Osorkon I Pharaoh Of Egypt
m. Osorkon I Pharaoh Of Egypt father: Sheshonq Pharaoh Of Egypt mother: Karomama

5th generation

23. Sheshonq II Grand Priest Of Amon, Pharaoh Of Egypt m1. Nesitanebetashru m2. Nesitaudjatakhet
m. Nesitanebetashru
m. Nesitaudjatakhet