Pharaoh Psammetichus II: Roy Family Genealogy

Generation: 1

Pharaoh Psammetichus II (son of Pharaoh Necho II and Chedebnitjerbone I); died in 585 BCE.

Other Events and Attributes:

History: birth to death, Egypt

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History:
He was also known as Nefer.ib.re' Psamtek.

In 595 BCE, he was crowned Pharaoh of Egypt.

Family/Spouse: Tak.huat, Princess of Athribis. Tak.huat was born in 625 BCE; died about 589 BCE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Pharaoh Apries was born in 605 BCE in Egypt; died in 568 BCE in Egypt.

Generation: 2

Pharaoh Necho II was born in 660 BCE in Egypt (son of Pharaoh Psammetichus I and Mehetenweskhet); died in 595 BCE.

Other Events and Attributes:

History: birth to death, Egypt

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Name:

History:
He was also known as Wehen.ib.re.

In 610 BCE, he was crowned Pharaoh of Egypt.

In the battle of Megiddo, he defeated Josiah, King of Judea. In 605 BCE, he was defeated in the battle of Carchemish by Nebuchadressar, but in 601 BCE, he defeated Nebuchadressar securing the Egyptian boarders. He began the construction of a canal to the Red Sea, and during his reign, an Egyptian fleet circumnavigated Africa in a 3 year voyage.

Necho married Chedebnitjerbone I. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Chedebnitjerbone I
Children:

1. Pharaoh Psammetichus II died in 585 BCE.

Generation: 3

Pharaoh Psammetichus I was born in 685 BCE in Egypt (son of Necho I, King of Sais and Memphis and Istemabat); died in 610 BCE.

Other Events and Attributes:

History: birth to death, Egypt

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Name:

History:
He was also known as Wahib.re' Psamtek I.

In 656 BCE, he was crowned Pharaoh of Egypt.

He was a vassal of Assyria initially, but later expelled them and reunited Egypt. He established the capital at Sais.

Psammetichus married Mehetenweskhet. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mehetenweskhet (daughter of Harsiese, Grand Priest of Heliopolis).
Children:

2. Pharaoh Necho II was born in 660 BCE in Egypt; died in 595 BCE.

Generation: 4

Necho I, King of Sais and Memphis was born in 710 BCE in Egypt (son of Irib.re' Nakau.ba, Prince of Sais); died in 664 BCE.

Other Events and Attributes:

History: birth to death, Egypt

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Name:

History:
He was also known as Mren.kheper.re.

In 688 BCE, he was crowned the Prince or King of Sais and Memphis.

In 671 BCE he was a vassal of the Assyrian Empire.

Necho married Istemabat. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Istemabat
Children:

4. Pharaoh Psammetichus I was born in 685 BCE in Egypt; died in 610 BCE.
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Harsiese, Grand Priest of Heliopolis
Children:

5. Mehetenweskhet