Djedefre

Djedefre
Djedefre
Djedefra, Radjedef, Ratoises, Rhampsinit, Rhauosis
	Quartzite head of Djedefre from Abu Rawash, Musée du Louvre
Pharaoh
Reign	10 to 14 years, ca. 2575 BC
Predecessor	Khufu
Successor	Khafre
Horus name
Horus name
	Hor-Kheper ; Ḥr-ḫpr; Embodiment of Horus
Nebty name
	Kheper-im-nebti ; Ḫpr-m-nb.tj; Embodied in the Two Ladies
Golden Horus
;
Nomen
	Djedefre; Sȝ Rˁ ḏd.f Rˁ; The son of Ra, he endures like Ra
	;
Consort	Hetepheres II, Khentetka
Children	Setka, Baka, Hernet, Neferhetepes, Hetepheres ?, Nikaudjedefre ?
Father	Khufu
Burial	Pyramid of Djedefre
Monuments	Pyramid of Djedefre, Great Sphinx of Giza ?
Dynasty	4th Dynasty

Djedefre (also known as Djedefra and Radjedef) was an ancient Egyptian king (pharaoh) of the 4th Dynasty during the Old Kingdom. He is well known by the Hellenized form of his name Rhatoisēs (Ῥατοίσης) by Manetho. Djedefre was the son and immediate throne successor of Khufu, the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza; his mother is not known for certain. He is the king who introduced the royal title Sa-Rê (meaning “Son of Ra”) and the first to connect his cartouche name with the sun god Ra.

^ Kim Ryholt: The political Situation in Egypt during the second intermediate Period: c. 1800 - 1550 B.C., Museum Tusculanum Press, Copenhagen 1997, ISBN 87-7289-421-0; William Gillian Waddell: Manetho (The Loeb classical Library)
^ Alan B. Lloyd: Herodotus, book II.
^ "Riddle of the Sphinx". December 23, 2009.

[1] Kim Ryholt: The political Situation in Egypt during the second intermediate Period: c. 1800 - 1550 B.C., Museum Tusculanum Press, Copenhagen 1997, ISBN 87-7289-421-0; William Gillian Waddell: Manetho (The Loeb classical Library)

[2] Alan B. Lloyd: Herodotus, book II.

[auto-3] "Riddle of the Sphinx". December 23, 2009.

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