Ruler · 2501 – 2420 BCE

Menkauhor Kaiu

Lived 2501 – 2420 BCE. Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, 2420 BCE – 2410 BCE; also in the line of Old Kingdom of Egypt and Fifth Dynasty of Egypt.

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Lived: 2501 BCE – 2420 BCE; 81 years
In office: 10 years; one reign
Lines: 3; states
Left it: dates disagree; read off the dates alone

Pharaoh

Ancient Egypt · the 17th of 87 dated reigns · 4001 BCE – 30 BCE

13 before

Shepseskare Isi2465 BCE – 2460 BCE

Neferefre2460 BCE – 2455 BCE

Nyuserre Ini2454 BCE – 2419 BCE

Menkauhor Kaiu2420 BCE – 2410 BCE

Djedkare Isesi2410 BCE – 2380 BCE

Unas2380 BCE – 2350 BCE

Teti2318 BCE – 2300 BCE

67 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 2420 BCE – 2410 BCE · 10 years · came to it aged 81

Came to it: the nephew or niece of the ruler before, on record
Left it: dates disagreeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 2410 BCE, after the death recorded in 2420 BCE

Also in the line of Old Kingdom of Egypt (10th of 16, read from the line of Ancient Egypt) and Fifth Dynasty of Egypt (7th of 9).

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