Third Intermediate Period
Amenemnisu
21st Dynasty (Tanite) · 1069-945 BCE
Reign begins1043 BCE
Reign ends1039 BCE
Dynasty span1069-945 BCE
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An obscure successor
Amenemnisu succeeded Smendes I and ruled for approximately four years. Almost nothing is known about his life or his exact relationship to his predecessor; he may have been a son, a brother, or another relative. His existence was not even confirmed by archaeologists until 1940.