# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/smenkhkare
# Generated: 2026-08-31T19:34:40.268Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/smenkhkare"
name: "Smenkhkare"
slug: "smenkhkare"
description: "A pharaoh erased so thoroughly that even his gender remains contested — one of the ghost-kings of Egypt's Amarna Period, known mostly through silence."
tagline: "Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Half_a_royal_couple-N_831-IMG_2852-gradient.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "-1400"
deathDate: "-1334"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.98
  momentum:             0.1701492537313433
  historical:           22.494892
  currentAttention:     3.321961620469083
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
  - name: "Politicians"
    slug: "politicians"
  - name: "Founder"
    slug: "founder"
  - name: "Founders"
    slug: "founders"
  - name: "Politics"
    slug: "politics"
  - name: "Ancient History"
    slug: "ancient-history"
sources:
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    title: "Wikipedia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q158003"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Smenkhkare"
    title: "Pantheon 2.0"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AE_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B9"
    title: "سمنخ كارع"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smenxkara"
    title: "Smenxkara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%85%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0"
    title: "Сменхкара"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semenkhare"
    title: "Semenkhare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smenchkare"
    title: "Smenchkare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%85%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0"
    title: "Сменхкара"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semenchkare"
    title: "Semenchkare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%AD"
    title: "Σμενκαρέ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semenejkara"
    title: "Semenejkara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AE%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B9"
    title: "اسمنخ‌کارع"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smenkara"
    title: "Smenkara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smenkhkar%C3%AA"
    title: "Smenkhkarê"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semenkhkare"
    title: "Semenkhkare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%97_%D7%9B%D7%90_%D7%A8%D7%A2"
    title: "סמנח כא רע"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87"
    title: "स्मेन्खरे"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szemenhkar%C3%A9"
    title: "Szemenhkaré"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smenkhkare"
    title: "Smenkhkare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smenkhara"
    title: "Smenkhara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC"
    title: "スメンクカーラー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AE%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90"
    title: "სმენხკარა"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8A%A4%EB%A9%98%ED%81%AC%EC%B9%B4%EB%A0%88"
    title: "스멘크카레"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smenchkar%C4%97"
    title: "Smenchkarė"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smenchkare"
    title: "Smenchkare"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AE_%D9%83%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D8%B9"
    title: "سمنخ كا رع"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Smenkhkare ruled during the 18th Dynasty's Amarna Period, his name meaning "Vigorous is the soul of Re." He married Meritaten, daughter of Akhenaten, who likely served as his co-regent. Beyond that union and a name, almost nothing survives. Later pharaohs condemned the Amarna era to deliberate forgetting, scrubbing records and monuments until figures like Smenkhkare dissolved into speculation. His background, his reign's length, even his existence as a distinct male ruler rather than the female pharaoh Neferneferuaten — all remain unresolved. He stands as proof that power without record becomes indistinguishable from myth.