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Smenkhkare

1400 BC - 1334 BC

Smenkhkare

Smenkhkare (alternatively romanized Smenkhare, Smenkare, or Smenkhkara; meaning "'Vigorous is the Soul of Re") was an Egyptian pharaoh of unknown background who lived and ruled during the Amarna Period of the 18th Dynasty. Smenkhkare was husband to Meritaten, the daughter of his likely co-regent, Akhenaten. Very little is known of Smenkhkare for certain because later kings sought to erase the Amarna Period from history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Smenkhkare has received more than 522,584 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia. Smenkhkare is the 603rd most popular politician (down from 388th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 35th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Egyptian Politician.

Smenkhkare is most famous for being the co-regent of Akhenaten, and the husband of Nefertiti.

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Effective Languages (L*)
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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Smenkhkare ranks 603 out of 15,710. Before him are Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Ion Antonescu, Frederick William IV of Prussia, Władysław IV Vasa, Christian IX of Denmark, and Gustav III of Sweden. After him are Michael VIII Palaiologos, Constantine IX Monomachos, Sun Quan, Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib, Louis VI of France, and Elena Ceaușescu.

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Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
1880 - 1962
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 597
Ion Antonescu
1882 - 1946
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 598
Frederick William IV of Prussia
1795 - 1861
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 599
Władysław IV Vasa
1595 - 1648
HPI: 78.56
Rank: 600
Christian IX of Denmark
1818 - 1906
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 601
Gustav III of Sweden
1746 - 1792
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 602
Smenkhkare
1400 BC - 1334 BC
HPI: 78.53
Rank: 603
Michael VIII Palaiologos
1224 - 1282
HPI: 78.53
Rank: 604
Constantine IX Monomachos
1000 - 1055
HPI: 78.53
Rank: 605
Sun Quan
182 - 252
HPI: 78.52
Rank: 606
Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib
570 - 625
HPI: 78.51
Rank: 607
Louis VI of France
1081 - 1137
HPI: 78.50
Rank: 608
Elena Ceaușescu
1916 - 1989
HPI: 78.50
Rank: 609

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1400 BC, Smenkhkare ranks 4. Before him are Nefertiti, Akhenaten, and Miriam. After him are Meritaten, Shalmaneser I, Kiya, Muršili II, Jethro, Meritamen, Ashur-uballit I, and Adad-nirari I. Among people deceased in 1334 BC, Smenkhkare ranks 1.