AMENHOTEP I

(reigned c. 1525–1504 BC)

The Greek form of his personal name isAmenophis. Throne nameDjeserkare. Son of Ahmose I of Dynasty 18 and Ahmose-Nefertari. He seems to have succeeded as a child under the regency of his mother. During his reign, the workmen’s community at Deirel-Medina appears to have been founded, and he was the first king to be buried in a cliff tomb in or near the Valley of the Kings, but this remains to be identified. Amenhotep I apparently died without issue by his sister and queen Meritamun and was succeeded by Thutmose I. He was later worshipped as a god, along with his mother, especially at Deir el-Medina. His body was recovered in the royal cache at Deir el-Bahri in 1881.