Smenkhkare

Ankhkheperure Smenkhkare Djeser Kheperu
A young pharaoh who may be Smenkhkare depicted in Amarna style
Pharaoh
Reign	1335–1334 BC
Coregency	Akhenaten
Predecessor	Akhenaten
Successor	Neferneferuaten
Royal titulary Prenomen  (Praenomen) Ankhkheperure Living are the Manifestations of Re[1] Nomen Smenkhkare-Djeserkheperu Vigorous is the Soul of Re, Holy of Forms[1]
Consort	Meritaten
Children	possibly Meritaten Tasherit or Tutankhamun
Father	possibly Akhenaten, Prince Thutmose, or Amenhotep III
Died	1334 BC
Burial	KV55?
Dynasty	18th Dynasty

Smenkhkare (alternatively romanized Smenkhare, Smenkare, or Smenkhkara; meaning "Vigorous is the soul of Re") was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of unknown background who lived and ruled during the Amarna Period of the 18th Dynasty. Smenkhkare was husband to Meritaten, the daughter of his likely co-regent, Akhenaten. Since the Amarna period was subject to a large-scale condemnation of memory by later pharaohs, very little can be said of Smenkhkare with certainty, and he has hence been subject to immense speculation.^[2]