Ruler · 2611 – 2558 BCE

Djedefre

Lived 2611 – 2558 BCE; statesperson. Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, 2580 BCE – 2570 BCE; also in the line of Old Kingdom of Egypt and Fourth Dynasty of Egypt.

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Lived: 2611 BCE – 2558 BCE; 53 years
In office: 10 years; one reign
Lines: 3; states
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

Pharaoh

Ancient Egypt · the 9th of 87 dated reigns · 4001 BCE – 30 BCE

5 before

Neferkara I2750 BCE – 2748 BCE

Neferkara I2724 BCE – 2719 BCE

Sneferu2613 BCE – 2589 BCE

Djedefre2580 BCE – 2570 BCE

Khafre2570 BCE – 2530 BCE

Userkaf2500 BCE – 2490 BCE

Sahure2490 BCE – 2475 BCE

75 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 2580 BCE – 2570 BCE · 10 years · came to it aged 31

Came to it: the grandchild of the ruler before, on record
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 2570 BCE; they died in 2558 BCE

Also in the line of Old Kingdom of Egypt (2nd of 16, read from the line of Ancient Egypt) and Fourth Dynasty of Egypt (2nd of 3).

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