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Netrikare

Praenomen Nexcerikare, "The Soul of Re is Divine"
Abydos kinglist Nexcerikare
Alternate names Netsherkare, Netjerikare, Netjerkare, Ketcherkare

Menkare

May be a misinterprentation of the name Wadjkare, from later in the dynasty.
praenomen Meferkare "Beautiful is the Soul of Re"
Nomen Menkare

Neferkare II

Neferkare II ("Beautiful is the Ka of Re".
He is known only from the Abydos List, and the listing may be a reference to a better known king, since the name is very common.
   

Neferkare III

Neferkare Nebi ("the Protector") was probably a son of Pepi II. He is listed in Abydos, and mentioned in the tomb of his mother, Queen Ankhnespepi II, although no remains have been found.
Praenomen Neferkare “The Ka of Re is beautiful”
Nomen Nebi, Nefekare Nebi “The Protector”

Djedkare II

Djedkare Shemu ("Permanent is the Ka of Re"). His birth name, Shemu or Shemai (meaning "Nomad") is shown as a man with a stick over his shoulder. No remains confirm this pharaoh.
Praenomen

Djedkare Shema “The Ka of Re is stable Shema”

Nomen Shema, “Nomad”

Neferkare IV

Neferkare Khendu ("striding") is known only from the Abydos list.
Praenomen Neferkare “The Ka of Re is beautiful ”
Nomen Khendu "Striding"

Merenhor

Merenhor is included in the Abydos list (cartouche 46). He doesn't have the solar god Re i his name.
Praenomen Merenhor, "Beloved of Horus"

Nikare

Nakre is included in the Abydos list (cartouche 48), but he is not known from anywhere else.
Praenomen Nikare “The one who belongs to the Ka of Re”

Neferkare V

Neferkare Tereru is included in the Abydos list (cartouche 49). His personal name - Tereru, or possibly Tererl may mean "Repsected by...".
Praenomen

Neferkare “The Ka of Re is beautiful"

Nomen Tereru "Respected by..."

Neferkahor

Neferkahor ruled in the break between the seventh and eighth dynasties, and turned his attention away from Re, the sun god, to the old falcon god, Horus. His name, "The Ka of Horus is Beautiful" references Horus, the older god who represented the pharaoh up to the Fourth Dynasty. A few kings in this period broke the tradition of using "Son of Re" in their names.
Praenomen Neferkahor “The Ka of Horus is beautiful”
Kinglists Neferkahor

Wadjkare

Wadjkare ("Prosperous is the Soul of Re") has written remains outside of the king lists, including a decree that lists his throne name. His birth name may be Demedjibtawy, leading some to believe that he is actually a pharaoh from the ninth dynasty.

He was probably located in Memphis.

   

Neferkaure

piccione 2220--2216 BCE
Praenomen Neferkawre “Te Kas of Re are beautiful

Imhotep

This may be the king Neferkaure (above), based on graffitti in Wadi Hammamat.
   

Neferkauhor Kapuibi (Iti)

Horus Name Netjeribau
piccione 2216--2214 BCE
This pharaoh is attested to in both the Abydos and Turin lists. He built a small pyramid in South Saqqara, which is of modest size and now cimppletely ruined. The whole complex appears to be sort of "off" -- it isn't aligned witht he cardinal directions, like the complexes of the fifth and sixth dynasties There was a tiny offering chapel, but the whole structure seems to be a bad copy of earlier monuments.

Neferirkare II

Horus Name Demedjibtawy
piccione 2214--2213 BCE
Praenomen Neferirkare “What the Ka of Re does is beautiful”

 

pharaohs

Netrikare
Mankare
Neferkare II
Neferkare III
Djedkare II
Neferkare IV
Merenhor

Menkamin I
Nikare
Neferkare V
Neferkahor

Neferkare VI
Neferkamin II
Wadjkare
Sekhemkare
Isu
Iytenu
Ibi I
Neferkaure
Imhotep
Neferkauhore Kapuibi
Neferirkare II