Ruler · 601 – 525 BCE

Psamtik III

Lived 601 – 525 BCE; statesperson. Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, 526 BCE – 525 BCE; also in the line of Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt.

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Lived: 601 BCE – 525 BCE; 76 years
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: executed; Wikidata's manner of death

Pharaoh

Ancient Egypt · the 74th of 87 dated reigns · 4001 BCE – 30 BCE

70 before

Psamtik II595 BCE – 589 BCE

Apries589 BCE – 570 BCE

Amasis II570 BCE – 526 BCE

Psamtik III526 BCE – 525 BCE

Cambyses II525 BCE – 522 BCE

Bardiya522 BCE

Darius the Great522 BCE – 486 BCE

10 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 526 BCE – 525 BCE · 1 year · came to it aged 75

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: executedWikidata's manner of death: capital punishment

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

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