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Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period: rulers and royal family

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Ibi (pharaoh)

Qakare Ibi was a pharaoh of Egypt's Eighth Dynasty, reigning about two years and owning the last royal pyramid built at Saqqara, excavated by Gustave Jéquier.

Idut

Idut, also called Seshseshet, was a royal woman of late Old Kingdom Egypt, traditionally a daughter of King Unas, whose decorated Saqqara mastaba was usurped from the vizier Ihy.

Intef I

Intef I, also Inyotef I or Antef I, was a Theban king of ancient Egypt's Eleventh Dynasty, the first of his house to claim pharaohship, reigning about 2125-2112 BC.

Intef II

Intef II, also written Antef II or Inyotef II, was a Theban king of Egypt's Eleventh Dynasty who reigned about 49 years during the First Intermediate Period.

Intef III

Intef III, also known as Inyotef III or Antef III, was the fourth pharaoh of the Theban Eleventh Dynasty of ancient Egypt, probably the father of Mentuhotep II.

Intef the Elder

Intef the Elder, also known as Antef the Great, was a non-royal Theban nomarch of the early 11th Dynasty, remembered as founder of the Theban royal line.

Iput I

Iput I was a queen of Egypt's Sixth Dynasty, the wife of King Teti and mother of Pepi I, buried in her own pyramid at Saqqara.

Iput II

Iput II, also written Ipwet, was a queen of Sixth Dynasty Egypt and a wife of the long-reigning king Pepi II, buried in a pyramid at South Saqqara.

Isesi-ankh

Isesi-ankh, also rendered Isesiankh, was a prince of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty during the reign of Djedkare Isesi; his tomb was discovered at South Saqqara in 2022.

Iuenka

Iuenka was a royal prince of Egypt's 4th Dynasty, known only from the chapel reliefs of mastaba G 7130-7140 at Giza, the tomb of his father Khufukhaf I.

Iunmin

Iunmin, also written Iuenmin, was a prince of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty, recorded as a son of king Khafre and known from his mastaba tomb at Giza.

Iunre

Iunre, also rendered Iuenre, was a prince of Egypt's 4th Dynasty, recorded as a probable son of King Khafre and owner of mastaba G 8466 at Giza.

Iynefer I

Iynefer I was a prince of ancient Egypt's Fourth Dynasty, dated to about 2543 to 2436 BC, and one of two men of that dynasty recorded with the name Iynefer.

Iynefer II

Iynefer II was a prince of ancient Egypt's Fourth Dynasty, probably a son of Pharaoh Khufu, buried with his wife in mastaba G 7820 at Giza.

Iytjenu

Iytjenu is a barely attested pharaoh of late Old Kingdom Egypt, absent from all king lists and known only through the private name Sat-Iytjenu, "Daughter of Iytjenu."

Kaemsekhem

Kaemsekhem was a prince of the Egyptian Fourth Dynasty, recorded as a son of Kawab and Hetepheres II and a grandson of King Khufu, known from his Giza mastaba tomb.

Kaemtjenent

Kaemtjenent was a prince of Egypt's late Fifth Dynasty in the Old Kingdom, recorded as a possible son of King Djedkare Isesi, though some scholars assign him to Menkauhor instead.

Kawab

Kawab, also written Ka-wab, was a prince of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty, the eldest son of King Khufu and his intended heir, who died before his father.

Kekheretnebti

Kekheretnebty, also written Khekeretnebty, was a princess of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty, a daughter of King Djedkare Isesi buried at Abusir and known from a limestone relief in the Brooklyn Museum.

Khaba

Khaba is a Horus name borne by a pharaoh of Egypt's Third Dynasty, dated to about 2640 BCE and associated with the unfinished Layer Pyramid at Zawiyet el-Aryan near Giza.

Khamerernebty (princess)

Khamerernebty was a princess of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty, daughter of King Nyuserre Ini and wife of the vizier Ptahshepses, known from builders' inscriptions in his mastaba at Abusir.

Khamerernebty I

Khamerernebty I, also spelled Khamerernebti I, was a queen of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty around 2600 BCE, recorded as the wife of Khafre and mother of Menkaure.

Khamerernebty II

Khamerernebty II, also written Khamerernebti II, was a Fourth Dynasty Egyptian royal woman, recorded wife of King Menkaure and mother of Khuenre, buried in tomb G 8978 at Giza.

Khentetka

Khentetka, also written Khentetenka, was a queen of Egypt's Fourth Dynasty, a wife of King Djedefre and mother of at least three of his sons.

Khentkaus I

Khentkaus I, also written Khentkawes, was an Egyptian queen of the late Fourth and early Fifth Dynasty around 2500 BC, whose two-stepped Giza tomb was called the fourth pyramid of Giza.

Khentkaus II

Khentkaus II was a queen of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty, the wife of King Neferirkare Kakai and mother of the kings Raneferef and Nyuserre, known from her pyramid complex at Abusir.

Khentkaus III

Khentkaus III, also known as Khentakawess III, was a previously unknown queen of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty, identified in 2015 from inscriptions in a tomb at Abusir.

Khenut

Khenut was a queen consort of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty, a wife of King Unas, buried in a double mastaba with queen Nebet at North Saqqara.

Khety (Herakleopolitan king)

Khety, in Greek Achthoes, is the family name of the royal house that ruled Egypt from Herakleopolis during Dynasties 9 and 10 of the First Intermediate Period.

Khuenre

Khuenre, also printed Khuenra, was an Egyptian prince of the Fourth Dynasty, the eldest son of King Menkaure and Queen Khamerernebty II, buried at Giza.