# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tefnakhte
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:33:41.855Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tefnakhte"
name: "Tefnakhte"
slug: "tefnakhte"
description: "Shepsesre Tefnakht was a prince of Sais and founder of the relatively short Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt; he rose to become a Chief of the Ma in his home city. He is thought to have reigned roughly 726 BCE to 718 BCE, or seven years. Tefnakht I first began his career as the \"Great Chief of the West\" and Prince of Sais and was a late contemporary of the last ruler of the 22nd Dynasty: Shoshenq V. Tefnakht I was actually the second ruler of Sais; he was preceded by Osorkon C, who is attested by several documents mentioning him as this city's Chief of the Ma and Army Leader, according to Kenneth Kitchen, while his predecessor as Great Chief of the West was a man named Ankhhor. A recently discovered statue, dedicated by Tefnakht I to Amun-Re, reveals important details about his personal origins. The statue's text states that Tefnakht was the son of a certain Gemnefsutkapu and the grandson of Basa, a priest of Amun near Sais. Consequently, Tefnakht was not actually descended from either lines of Chiefs of the Ma and of the Libu as traditionally believed but rather came from a family of priests, and his ancestors being more likely Egyptians rather than Libyans."
tagline: "First Egyptian pharaoh of the 24th dynasty"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tefnakht_Athens_stela_(T._Efthimiadis).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "-800"
deathDate: "-800"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.37106133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Tefnaht"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%81_%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%AA"
    title: "تف ناخت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%81_%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%AA"
    title: "تف ناخت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%82_I"
    title: "Тефнахт I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefnac'ht"
    title: "Tefnac'ht"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefnakht"
    title: "Tefnakht"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefnacht"
    title: "Tefnacht"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefnachte"
    title: "Tefnachte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B5%CF%86%CE%BD%CE%AC%CE%BA%CF%84"
    title: "Τεφνάκτ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefnakht"
    title: "Tefnakht"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tafnajt"
    title: "Tafnajt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefnakht"
    title: "Tefnakht"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefnakht"
    title: "Tefnakht"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefnakht"
    title: "Tefnakht"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._Tefnaht"
    title: "I. Tefnaht"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefnakht"
    title: "Tefnakht"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefnakht"
    title: "Tefnakht"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%83%95%E3%83%8A%E3%82%AF%E3%83%88"
    title: "テフナクト"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%AE%E1%83%A2_I"
    title: "ტეფნახტ I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefnacht"
    title: "Tefnacht"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefenacte"
    title: "Tefenacte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%82_I"
    title: "Тефнахт I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefnakht"
    title: "Tefnakht"
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    title: "ฟาโรห์เทฟนัคต์"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefnakht"
    title: "Tefnakht"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q459201"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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