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Horemheb
Birth name: Horemheb Meryamun ("Horus is in Jubilation, Beloved of Amun")
Throne name: Djeserkheperure Setepenre ("Holy are the Manifestations of Re, Chosen of Re")
Rule: 1321 - 1293 BC (14th king of the 18th dynasty, New Kingdom)
Noteworthy relatives: Mutnodjme (wife), Nefertiti ("sister-in-law"... Mutnodjme's sister).


Read the biographies for Akhenaten, Smenkhkare, and Tutankhamun to fully understand Horemheb's role in the events of the 18th dynasty.