Ruler · 701 – 595 BCE

Necho II

Lived 701 – 595 BCE; monarch. Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, 610 BCE – 595 BCE; also in the line of Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt.

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Lived: 701 BCE – 595 BCE; 106 years
In office: 15 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Pharaoh

Ancient Egypt · the 70th of 87 dated reigns · 4001 BCE – 30 BCE

66 before

Ramesses XI1103 BCE – 1073 BCE

Bakenranef718 BCE – 712 BCE

Psamtik I664 BCE – 610 BCE

Necho II610 BCE – 595 BCE

Psamtik II595 BCE – 589 BCE

Apries589 BCE – 570 BCE

Amasis II570 BCE – 526 BCE

14 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 610 BCE – 595 BCE · 15 years · came to it aged 91

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 595 BCE, the year they died

Also in the line of Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt (2nd of 6).

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