Ruler · 2601 – 2475 BCE

Sahure

Lived 2601 – 2475 BCE; statesperson. Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, 2490 BCE – 2475 BCE; also in the line of Old Kingdom of Egypt and Fifth Dynasty of Egypt.

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Lived: 2601 BCE – 2475 BCE; 126 years
In office: 15 years; one reign
Lines: 3; states
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Pharaoh

Ancient Egypt · the 12th of 87 dated reigns · 4001 BCE – 30 BCE

8 before

Djedefre2580 BCE – 2570 BCE

Khafre2570 BCE – 2530 BCE

Userkaf2500 BCE – 2490 BCE

Sahure2490 BCE – 2475 BCE

Neferirkare Kakai2475 BCE – 2465 BCE

Shepseskare Isi2465 BCE – 2460 BCE

Neferefre2460 BCE – 2455 BCE

72 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 2490 BCE – 2475 BCE · 15 years · came to it aged 111

Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 2475 BCE, the year they died

Also in the line of Old Kingdom of Egypt (5th of 16, read from the line of Ancient Egypt) and Fifth Dynasty of Egypt (2nd of 9).

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