Sonbef (Sekhemkare Amenemhat Sonbef)
13th Dynasty
Reign beginsearly 13th Dynasty; exact dates disputed
Reign endsearly 13th Dynasty; exact dates disputed
Dynasty span13th Dynasty
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The true founder
For many years, historians identified a king named Wegaf as the founder of the 13th Dynasty. Recent scholarship has revised this consensus. Most experts now agree that Sobekhotep I was the first ruler of the dynasty, while Wegaf ruled much later in the sequence.