Thutmose IV | |
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Pharaoh | |
Reign | 1401–1391 or 1397–1388 BC |
Predecessor | Amenhotep II |
Successor | Amenhotep III |
Consort | Nefertari, Iaret, Mutemwiya |
Children | Amenhotep III, Siatum (?), Amenemhat, Tiaa, Amenemopet, Petepihu, Tentamun |
Father | Amenhotep II |
Mother | Tiaa |
Died | 1391 or 1388 BC |
Burial | KV43; Mummy found in the KV35 royal cache (Theban Necropolis) |
Dynasty | 18th Dynasty |
Thutmose IV (sometimes read as Thutmosis or Tuthmosis IV, Thothmes in older history works in Latinized Greek; Ancient Egyptian: ḏḥwti.msi(.w) "Thoth is born")[3] was the 8th Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt, who ruled in approximately the 14th century BC. His prenomen or royal name, Menkheperure, means "Established in forms is Re."[4] He was the son of Amenhotep II and Tiaa. Thutmose IV was the grandfather of Akhenaten.