Pharaoh | Actual Dates Occupying the Throne | Commentaries |
Eighteenth Dynasty | ||
Amenhotep IV / Akhenaten | 1349 BC through 1333 BC +/- 16 years | Wife: Nefertiti; Key Courtiers: Ay and Horemheb |
Tutankhaten / Tutankhamun | 1333 BC through 1323 BC +/- 10 years | Son of Akhenaten; Wife: A half sister Ankhesenpaaten |
Ay | 1323 BC through 1319 BC +/- 4 years | His reported period at times is reported to overlap that of Tutankhamun; however, that is not unusual. |
Horemheb | 1319 BC through 1306 BC +/-16 years | He claims his reign lasted from 1333 BC because of his influence in previous Pharaos, namely Tutankhamun and Ay. |
Nineteenth Dynasty | ||
Ramses I | 1306 BC through 1304 BC +/- 2 years | A favorite and the vizier of Horemheb |
Seti I | 1303 BC through 1290 BC +/- 13 years | Son of Ramses I |
Ramses II | 1290 BC through 1224 +/- 66 years |
Pharaoh |
Low
Chronology (Stern 1993:1530) |
High
Chronology (Stern 1993:1530) |
Ahmosis or Ahmose |
1550-1525 |
1570-1546 |
Amenophis I or Amenhotep I |
1525-1504 |
1546-1526 |
Thutmosis I or Thutmose I |
1504-1492 |
1525-1512 |
Thutmosis II or Thutmose II
(died at about the age of 30 after a reign of some 14 years) |
1492-1479 |
c. 1512-1504 |
Hatshepsut (both stepmother and
aunt of Thutmose III) |
1479-1457 |
1503-1482 |
Thutmosis III or Thutmose III |
1479-1425 |
1504-1450 |
Amenophis II or Amenhotep II |
1427-1400 |
1450-1425 |
Thutmosis IV or Thutmose IV |
1400-1390 |
1425-1417 |
Amenophis III or Amenhotep III |
1390-1352 |
1417-1379 |
Amenophis IV or
Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) |
1352-1336 |
1379-1362 |
Smenkhkare ?????? |
1338-1336 |
1336-1361 |
Tutankhamun |
1336-1327 |
1361-1352 |
Aya |
1327-1323 |
1352-1348 |
Haremhab |
1323-1295 |
1348-1320 |