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Djedefre

Egyptian Pharaoh

PersonhumanQ209397

Also known as Djede-If-Ra

Born: 2610s BCE
Died: 2558 BCE
Citizenship: Ancient Egypt
, Old Kingdom of Egypt
Occupation: statesperson
Positions held: pharaoh(-2580–-2570)
, pharaohs of Fourth Dynasty of Egypt
Spouse: Hetepheres II
, Khentetka

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Djedefre was an ancient Egyptian king (pharaoh) of the 4th Dynasty during the Old Kingdom. He ruled sometime in the middle of the 3rd Millennium BC. Djedefre was the son and immediate throne successor of Khufu, the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza; his mother is not known for certain. He is the king who introduced the royal title Sa-Rê and the first to connect his cartouche name with the sun god Ra. His name is said to mean "Enduring like Re" and his Horus name was Kheper which is said to mean "Horus Appears". Based on the lost work Chronographiai by Sextus Julius Africanus (c. 160–240), possibly inspired by earlier work of Manetho, of which some later translations have survived it was early on suggested that the throne name of Djedefre was Ratoises.

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Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Dictionary of African Biography
2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-18
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Father: Khufu
Child: Bikheris
Baka
Neferhetepes
Setka
Sibling: Hetepheres II
Djedefhor
Time period: Ancient Egypt
Old Kingdom of Egypt
Fourth Dynasty of Egypt
Family: Fourth Dynasty of Egypt
Noble title: pharaoh
Place of burial: Abu Rawash
Mother: Meritites I
Name in hiero markup: L1
L1-G17

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