
Neferefre
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Neferefre Isi (; also known as Raneferef, Ranefer and in Greek as , ) was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the Fifth Dynasty during the Old Kingdom period. He was most likely the eldest son of pharaoh Neferirkare Kakai and queen Khentkaus II. He was known as prince Ranefer before he ascended to the throne.
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Key facts
- Pharaoh.Name
- Neferefre
- Pharaoh.Alt
- Raneferef, Neferefra, Noufirre, Noufirefre, Cherês
- Pharaoh.Image
- Neferefre.jpg
- Pharaoh.image_alt
- Bust of a pharaoh, holding a mace.
- Pharaoh.Caption
- Statuette of Neferefre, painted limestone
- Pharaoh.HorusHiero
- F35-N28-G43
- Pharaoh.NebtyHiero
- F35-G17
- Pharaoh.Predecessor
- Neferirkare Kakai (most likely) or Shepseskare
- Pharaoh.Successor
- Shepseskare (most likely) or Nyuserre Ini
- Pharaoh.Dynasty
- Fifth Dynasty
- Pharaoh.Burial
- Pyramid of Neferefre
- Pharaoh.Reign
- Probably two years or less in the early to mid 25th century BC
- Pharaoh.Spouse
- likely Khentkaus III
- Pharaoh.Mother
- Khentkaus II
- Pharaoh.children
- uncertain, either Menkauhor Kaiu ♂ or Shepseskare ♂Nakhtsare ♂Conjectural: Kakaibaef ♂
- Pharaoh.father
- Neferirkare Kakai
- Pharaoh.monuments
- Pyramid Netjeribau RaneferefSun temple Hotep-Re
- Pharaoh.death_date
- aged 20–23
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Encyclopedic overview
22 sectionsContents
- Sources
- Contemporaneous
- Historical
- Family
- Parents and siblings
- Consort and children
- Reign
- Accession to the throne
- Reign duration
- Building activities
- Pyramid complex
- Pyramid
- Mortuary temple
- Mummy of Neferefre
- Sun temple
- Pyramid of Neferirkare Kakai
- Funerary cult
- Notes, references and sources
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- External links
Neferefre Isi (; also known as Raneferef, Ranefer and in Greek as , ) was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the Fifth Dynasty during the Old Kingdom period. He was most likely the eldest son of pharaoh Neferirkare Kakai and queen Khentkaus II. He was known as prince Ranefer before he ascended to the throne.
Neferefre started a pyramid for himself in the royal necropolis of Abusir called Netjeribau Raneferef, which means "The bas of Neferefre are divine". The pyramid was never finished, with a mason's inscription showing that works on the stone structure were abandoned during or shortly after the king's second year of reign. Together with the sparsity of attestations contemporaneous with his reign, this is taken by Egyptologists as evidence that Neferefre died unexpectedly after two to three years on the throne. Neferefre was nonetheless buried in his pyramid, hastily completed in the form of a mastaba by his second successor and presumably younger brother, pharaoh Nyuserre Ini. Fragments of his mummy were uncovered there, showing that he died in his early twenties.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Neferefre” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.