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Setnakhte

1300 BC - 1188 BC

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Userkhaure-setepenre Setnakhte (also called Setnakht or Sethnakht) was the first pharaoh (1189 BC–1186 BC) of the Twentieth Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Egypt and the father of Ramesses III. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Setnakhte has received more than 460,815 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Setnakhte is the 142nd most popular nobleman (up from 153rd in 2019), the 130th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 127th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Egyptian Nobleman.

Setnakhte is most famous for the fact that he was the last pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty, and for the fact that he was a usurper.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Setnakhte ranks 142 out of 1,415Before him are Sophia of Hanover, Princess Augusta of Bavaria, Maria Goretti, Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Isabella I of Jerusalem, and Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria. After him are Stéphanie de Beauharnais, Ramesses VIII, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Miguel I of Portugal, Ramesses VII, and Robert Curthose.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1300 BC, Setnakhte ranks 4Before him are Ramesses I, Merneptah, and Seti II. After him are Muwatalli II, Tukulti-Ninurta I, Bintanath, Suppiluliuma II, Amun-her-khepeshef, Wu Ding, Tudḫaliya IV, and Henutmire. Among people deceased in 1188 BC, Setnakhte ranks 1

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Setnakhte ranks 130 out of 642Before him are Sanakht (-2700), Sosigenes of Alexandria (-80), Nectanebo II (-400), Dodi Fayed (1955), Arsinoe III of Egypt (-246), and Arsinoe II (-316). After him are Senusret II (-1900), Psusennes I (-1100), Ramesses IX (-1150), Kiya (-1400), Berenice IV of Egypt (-77), and Necho I (-700).

Among NOBLEMEN In Egypt

Among noblemen born in Egypt, Setnakhte ranks 4Before him are Ramesses I (-1300), Ramesses III (-1217), and Ramesses VI (-1175). After him are Ramesses IX (-1150), Robert II, Count of Artois (1250), Neferirkare Kakai (-2483), Dina bint Abdul-Hamid (1929), and Ahmose, son of Ebana (-1600).