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Twenty-First Dynasty of Egypt

Background
See the Third Intermediate Period of Egypt.
After the reign of Ramesses III, a long, slow decline of royal power in Egypt followed. The pharaohs of the Twenty-First Dynasty ruled from Tanis, but were mostly active only in Lower Egypt which they controlled. This dynasty is described as 'Tanite' because its political capital was based at Tanis. Meanwhile, the High Priests of Amun at Thebes effectively ruled Middle and Upper Egypt in all but name. The later Egyptian Priest Manetho of Sebennytos states in his Epitome on Egyptian royal history that "the 21st Dynasty of Egypt lasted for 130 years".[1]King Name | Horus-Name | Reign | Consort |
Smendes (Nesbanebdjed I) | Hedjkheperre-Setepenre | 1077-1051 BC | Tentamun |
Amenemnisu | Neferkare-Heqawaset | 1051-1047 BCE | |
Pinedjem I | Kheperkare-Setepenamun | 1062-1039 BCE | Henuttawy Isetemkheb A Tentnabekhenu |
Psusennes I (Pasebkhanut I) | Akheperre-Setepenamun | 1047-1001 BC | Mutnedjemet Wiay |
Amenemope | Usermaetre-Setepenamun | 1001-992 BC | |
Osorkon the Elder | Akheperre-Setepenre | 992-986 BC | |
Siamun | Netjerkheperre-Meryamun | 986-967 BC | |
Psusennes II (Pasebkhanut I) | Tyetkheperure-Setepenre | 967-943 BC |
Third Intermediate Period of Egypt
- Twenty-First Dynasty of Egypt
- Twenty-Second Dynasty of Egypt
- Twenty-Third Dynasty of Egypt
- Twenty-Fourth Dynasty of Egypt
- Twenty-Fifth Dynasty of Egypt
Egyptian Dynasties
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Old Kingdom of Egypt
First Intermediate Period of Egypt
- Seventh Dynasty of Egypt
- Eighth Dynasty of Egypt
- Ninth Dynasty of Egypt
- Tenth Dynasty of Egypt
- Early Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt
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- Late Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt
- Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt
- Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt
- Fourteenth Dynasty of Egypt
Second Intermediate Period
- Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt
- Sixteenth Dynasty of Egypt
- Abydos Dynasty of Egypt
- Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt