Ruler · 1301 – 1203 BCE

Merneptah

Lived 1301 – 1203 BCE; statesperson. Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, 1212 BCE – 1202 BCE; also in the line of New Kingdom of Egypt and Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt.

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Lived: 1301 BCE – 1203 BCE; 98 years
In office: 10 years; one reign
Lines: 3; states
Left it: dates disagree; read off the dates alone

Pharaoh

Ancient Egypt · the 53rd of 87 dated reigns · 4001 BCE – 30 BCE

49 before

Ramesses I1291 BCE – 1289 BCE

Seti I1289 BCE – 1279 BCE

Ramesses II1279 BCE – 1212 BCE

Merneptah1212 BCE – 1202 BCE

Amenmesse1202 BCE – 1198 BCE

Seti II1199 BCE – 1193 BCE

Siptah1196 BCE – 1190 BCE

31 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 1212 BCE – 1202 BCE · 10 years · came to it aged 89

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: dates disagreeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1202 BCE, after the death recorded in 1203 BCE

Also in the line of New Kingdom of Egypt (18th of 32, read from the line of Ancient Egypt) and Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt (4th of 8).

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