Smendes I

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ancient Egyptian pharaoh founder of a dynasty person

Smendes I was the founder of Egypt’s Twenty-first Dynasty, who established his rule from Tanis and initiated the political fragmentation characteristic of the Third Intermediate Period.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Psusennes I	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian pharaoh ⓘ founder of a dynasty ⓘ person ⓘ
alternativeName	Nesbanebdjed I NERFINISHED ⓘ Nesbanebdjedet NERFINISHED ⓘ Smendes NERFINISHED ⓘ
approximateReignEnd	c. 1052 BC ⓘ
approximateReignStart	c. 1077 BC ⓘ
associatedWithSite	Tanis royal necropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ
attestedIn	Theban documents ⓘ inscriptions at Tanis ⓘ
burialPlace	uncertain ⓘ
capital	Tanis NERFINISHED ⓘ
coexistedWith	High Priests of Amun at Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Ancient Egypt
cultCenter	Tanis NERFINISHED ⓘ
dynastyFounded	Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	Late New Kingdom to Third Intermediate transition ⓘ
governmentType	monarchy ⓘ
historicalSignificance	first ruler of the Third Intermediate Period by some chronologies ⓘ
knownFrom	archaeological evidence at Tanis ⓘ later king lists ⓘ
language	Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
name	Smendes I NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	establishing royal residence at Tanis ⓘ founding the Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ initiating political fragmentation in the Third Intermediate Period ⓘ
period	Third Intermediate Period of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalContext	division of power between Tanis and Thebes ⓘ
possibleRelative	Herihor NERFINISHED ⓘ Ramesses XI NERFINISHED ⓘ
powerBase	Delta region of Egypt ⓘ
precededBy	Ramesses XI NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessorDynasty	Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionOfControl	Lower Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
reign	early 11th century BC ⓘ
religion	ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
role	pharaoh of Lower Egypt ⓘ
ruledFrom	Tanis NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Henuttawy C NERFINISHED ⓘ Tentamun NERFINISHED ⓘ
succeededBy	Amenemnisu NERFINISHED ⓘ
successorDynasty	Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
throneName	Hedjkheperre Setepenre NERFINISHED ⓘ
title	King of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Third Intermediate Period of Egypt → notableRuler → Smendes I ⓘ

this entity surface form: Psusennes I