# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/semqen
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:58:27.398Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/semqen"
name: "Semqen"
slug: "semqen"
description: "Semqen was a Hyksos ruler of Lower Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period in the mid-17th century BC. According to Jürgen von Beckerath he was the third king of the 16th Dynasty and a vassal of the Hyksos kings of the 15th Dynasty. This opinion was shared by William C. Hayes and Wolfgang Helck but recently rejected by Kim Ryholt. In his 1997 study of the Second Intermediate Period, Ryholt argues that the kings of the 16th Dynasty ruled an independent Theban realm c. 1650–1580 BC. Consequently, Ryholt sees Semqen as an early Hyksos king of the 15th Dynasty, perhaps its first ruler. This analysis has convinced some Egyptologists, such as Darrell Baker and Janine Bourriau, but not others including Stephen Quirke."
tagline: "Egyptian pharaoh"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SemqenScarabPetrie.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "-1600"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           46.69
  momentum:             4.193548387096773
  historical:           12.08121066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semqen"
    title: "Semqen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%88%BB%E1%88%99%E1%89%84%E1%8A%91"
    title: "ሻሙቄኑ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "سمقين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%82%D9%86"
    title: "سمقن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semqen"
    title: "Semqen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semqen"
    title: "Semqen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semqen"
    title: "Semqen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semqen"
    title: "Semqen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szemken"
    title: "Szemken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semqen"
    title: "Semqen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B%E1%83%A5%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98"
    title: "სემქენი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semken"
    title: "Semken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Семкен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%AB%E0%B9%8C%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%99"
    title: "ฟาโรห์เซมเคน"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%82%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "سمقین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q889591"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump