Ruler · 2101 – 2040 BCE

Merikare

Lived 2101 – 2040 BCE; monarch. Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, 2069 BCE – 2061 BCE; also in the line of First Intermediate Period of Egypt and Middle Kingdom of Egypt.

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Lived: 2101 BCE – 2040 BCE; 61 years
In office: 8 years; one reign
Lines: 3; states
Left it: ending not on record; nothing on record

Pharaoh

Ancient Egypt · the 26th of 87 dated reigns · 4001 BCE – 30 BCE · read from the line of First Intermediate Period of Egypt

22 before

Pepi II Neferkare2245 BCE – 2180 BCE

Menkare2181 BCE

Intef III2069 BCE – 2061 BCE

Merikare2069 BCE – 2061 BCE

Mentuhotep II2055 BCE – …

Mentuhotep III2010 BCE – …

Amenemhat I1977 BCE – …

58 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 2069 BCE – 2061 BCE · 8 years

Left it: ending not on recordnothing on record: no death date to read the end against

Also in the line of First Intermediate Period of Egypt (3rd of 3) and Middle Kingdom of Egypt.

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