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Ay
Birth name: Ay Itnetjer ("Ay, Father of the God")
Throne name: Kheperkheperure ("Everlasting are the Manifestations of Re")
Rule: 1325 - 1321 BC (13th king of the 18th dynasty, New Kingdom)
Noteworthy relatives: Nefertiti (daughter), Ankhesenamun (granddaughter/wife). [Check out the family tree]


Read the biographies for Akhenaten, Smenkhkare, and Tutankhamun to fully understand how Ay worked his way up from vizier to pharaoh... and why he's considered a murder suspect.