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Name | Main Title | Dynasty | Date | Comment |
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Ka (pharaoh) | King | Pre-dynastic | fl. c. 32nd-31st century BC | Ka, also Sekhem Ka or Ka-Sekhen, was a Predynastic pharaoh of Upper Egypt. |
Kaemqed | Prince | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | A son of princess Nefertnesu and grandson of Pharaoh Sneferu. |
Kaemsekhem | Director of the Palace | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | A son of prince Kawab and Hetepheres II and grandson of the pharaoh Khufu. He served as the director of the palace. |
Kagemni I | Vizier | 3rd dynasty | fl. c. 27th century BC | He was a vizier to both Pharaoh Huni and Pharaoh Sneferu. |
Kagemni (II) | Vizier | 6th dynasty | fl. c. 24th century BC | Vizier during the reign of king Teti. Kagemni's wife Nebtynubkhet Sesheshet was probably the daughter of Teti. |
Kakhent | Prince | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | A son of Nefermaat, the eldest son of pharaoh Sneferu and Itet. |
Kamose | Pharaoh | 17th dynasty | fl. c. mid-16th century BC | The last king of the Theban 17th dynasty (reigned c.1555 BC – c.1550 BC). He was probably the son of Seqenenre Tao II and Ahhotep I and brother of Ahmose I, founder of the Eighteenth Dynasty. |
Kanefer | Prince | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | The son of pharaoh Sneferu. |
Kapes | Queen | 22nd dynasty | fl. c. early 9th century BC | Wife of pharaoh Takelot I and the mother of Pharaoh Osorkon II. |
Karomama | Queen | 22nd dynasty | fl. c. mid-10th century BC | Wife of pharaoh Sheshonk I and the mother of Pharaoh Osorkon I. Her name is sometimes given as Karamat |
Karomama I | Queen | 22nd dynasty | fl. c. mid-9th century BC | Wife of pharaoh Osorkon II. Karomama was probably a daughter of Pharaoh Takelot I. |
Karomama II | Queen | 23rd dynasty | fl. c. mid-9th century BC | Wife of pharaoh Takelot II. Karomama was a daughter of the High Priest of Amun Nimlot and his wife Tentsepeh. Karomama was the mother of pharaoh Osorkon III. |
Karomama Meritmut | God's Wife of Amun | 22nd dynasty | fl. c. mid-9th century BC | A God's Wife of Amun during the 22nd dynasty. Possibly a daughter of Pharaoh Osorkon II. |
Kashta | King of Kush | Second Intermediate Period | fl. c. mid-8th century BC | A king of the Kushite Dynasty (reigned c. 760 BC – c. 752 BC). Kashta ruled Nubia and he also exercised a strong degree of control over Upper Egypt. During his reign, the native Kushite population adopted Egyptian traditions, religion and culture. |
Kawab | Prince | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | He was the eldest son of Pharaoh Khufu and Queen Meritites I and half-brother of pharaohs Djedefre and Khafre. |
Kekheretnebti | Princess | 5th dynasty | fl. c. 24th century BC | A daughter of Pharaoh Djedkare Isesi. |
Keminub | Queen | 12th dynasty or Second Intermediate Period | fl. c. late-20th century BC | An Egyptian noblewoman with the title king's wife who was buried next to the pyramid of the 12th dynasty pharaoh Amenemhet II at Dahshur. For that reason it has been suggested she was his wife. May date to a later period however. |
Khaba | Pharaoh | 3rd dynasty | fl. c. 27th century BC | He was successor to the pharaoh Sekhemkhet and he was probably a son of Sekhemkhet. |
Khabash | Noble | Persian Occupation | fl. mid-4th century BC | A noble based at Sais in Lower Egypt. During the second Persian occupation of Egypt (343–332 BC) he led a revolt against the Persian rule with his eldest son. During the 330s BC, Khabash led an invasion into the kingdom of Kush but was defeated by king Nastasen. Also known as Khababash. |
Khabekhnet | Artisan | 19th dynasty | fl. c. late-13th century BC | He served during the reigns of the pharaoh Ramesses II. |
Khaemtir | Vizier | 19th dynasty | fl. c. late-13th century BC | He served during the reigns of the pharaohs Amenmesse and Seti II. |
Khaemweset | Prince | 18th dynasty | fl. c. early-14th century BC | He was probably the son of Pharaoh Amenhotep II. |
Khaemweset | Prince, High Priest of Ptah | 19th dynasty | fl. c. late-13th century BC | A son of Ramesses II and queen Isetnofret. He was a Sem-Priest and later High Priest of Ptah and governor of Memphis. Khaemwaset restored the monuments of earlier kings, such as Shepseskaf, Sahure and Nyuserre Ini, and restored the pyramid of Unas at Saqqara. |
Khaemweset | Prince, High Priest of Ptah | 20th dynasty | fl. c. early-12th century BC | A son of Pharaoh Ramesses III. He was a priest of Ptah in Memphis. |
Khafra | Pharaoh | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | He reigned c.2558 BC – c.2532 BC. He was a brother of Djedefre. Khafra had his capital at Memphis and built the second largest pyramid at Giza and is thought to have built the Great Sphinx. |
Khamerernebty | Princess | 5th dynasty | fl. c. 25th century BC | A daughter of the 5th dynasty King Nyuserre Ini and was married to the King's vizier, Ptahshepses. |
Khamerernebty I | Queen | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | She was probably a wife of the pharaoh Khafra and the mother of Menkaura and Khamerernebty II. |
Khamerernebty II | Queen | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | She was probably the daughter of Pharaoh Khafre and Queen Khamerernebty I and was married to her brother Menkaura. |
Khamudi | Pharaoh | 15th dynasty | fl. c. mid-16th century | The last pharaoh of the Hyksos 15th dynasty of Egypt (reigned c.1555 BC – c.1544 BC), who ruled in the northern portion of Egypt. He was defeated by the founding pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, Ahmose I. |
Khasekhemwy | King | 2nd dynasty | fl. c. 27th century BC | Thought to be the last king of the 2nd dynasty of Egypt. He led several significant military campaigns and built several monuments, still extant, mentioning war against the Northerners. |
Khawy | Guardian in the Place of Truth | 19th dynasty | fl. c. mid-13th century BC | A guardian in the Place of Truth and servitor of Amun of Opet (Luxor) during the reign of Egyptian pharaoh, Ramesses II. |
Khay | Vizier | 19th dynasty | fl. c. mid-13th century BC | A vizier in the latter part of pharaoh Ramesses II. Khay was the son of Hai and Nub-em-niut. |
Khayu | King | Pre-dynastic | Predynastic ancient Egyptian king who ruled in the Nile Delta. | |
Khedebneithirbinet I | Queen | 26th dynasty | fl. c. late-7th century BC | She was probably the wife of the 26th dynasty pharaoh Necho II. She was the mother of his successor, Psamtik II. |
Khendjer Userkare | Pharaoh | 13th dynasty | fl. c. late 18th century BC | Khendjer was the earliest known Semitic king of an Egyptian dynasty. |
Khenemetneferhedjet I Weret | Queen | 12th dynasty | fl. c. early-19th century BC | A wife of King Senusret II and the mother of Senusret III. |
Khenemetneferhedjet II Weret | Queen | 12th dynasty | fl. c. mid-19th century BC | A wife of King Senusret III. |
Khenemetneferhedjet III | Queen | 12th dynasty | fl. c. late-19th century BC | She was the wife of King Amenemhet III. |
Khensa | Queen | 25th dynasty | fl. c. mid-8th century BC | Khensa was the sister-wife of the Pharaoh Piye. Her name is sometimes written as Khenensaiuw. |
Khentetka | Queen | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | Khentetka was the wife of the pharaoh Djedefra. |
Khenthap | Queen | 1st dynasty | fl. c. 31st century BC | Kenthap was the mother of Djer and was probably the wife of King Hor-Aha. |
Khentimeresh | Prince | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | A son of Nefermaat, the eldest son of pharaoh Sneferu, and Itet. |
Khentkaus I | Queen | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 25th century BC | She was a daughter of Menkaure, possibly a wife of Shepseskaf and mother of Userkaf. |
Khentkaus II | Queen | 5th dynasty | fl. c. 25th century BC | She was a wife of Egyptian Pharaoh Neferirkare Kakai. She was the mother of Neferefre and Nyuserre Ini. |
Khenut | Queen | 5th dynasty | fl. c. 24th century BC | A wife of King Unas. |
Kheti | Vizier | 12th dynasty | fl. c. late-19th century BC | Vizier under king Amenemhet III. |
Khnumhotep | Royal Manicurist | 5th dynasty | Overseer of the Manicurists in the Palace of King Niuserre. Shares a tomb with Niankhkhnum. | |
Khnumhotep III | Vizier | 12th dynasty | fl. c. early-19th century BC | He was the son of the local governor Khnumhotep II, and was promoted high steward and then vizier under Senusret II. |
Khufu | Pharaoh | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | The second pharaoh of the 4th Dynasty (reigned c.2589 BC – c.2566 BC). He is generally accepted as being the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Greek name: Cheops. |
Khufukhaf | Vizier | 4th dynasty | fl. c. 26th century BC | Khufukhaf was a son of Pharaoh Khufu and brother of pharaohs Djedefre and Khafre. His mother might have been Queen Henutsen. His wife was Nefertkau II and she was buried with him in Giza. |
Khuit I | Queen | 5th dynasty | fl. c. 25th century BC | Khuit I was possibly the wife of Pharaoh Menkauhor Kaiu. |
Khuit (II) | Queen | 6th dynasty | fl. c. 24th century BC | Wife of King Teti. |
Khyan | Pharaoh | 15th dynasty | fl. c. early-16th century BC | A king of the Hyksos 15th dynasty of Egypt. Also known as Seuserenre Khyan, Khian' or Khayan. |
Kiya | Queen | 18th dynasty | fl. c. mid-14th century BC | One of the wives of Pharaoh Akhenaten. |
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