Apries "Wahibre / Ha'a'ibra" Pharaoh of Egypt

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Apries "Wahibre / Ha'a'ibra", Pharaoh of Egypt

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Delta of Egypt
Death: -570 (24-25)
Killed by Amasis, Delta of Egypt
Immediate Family:

Son of Neferibre Psamtek, Pharaoh of Egypt and Takhuat, Princess of Athribis
Husband of Takheredeneset d'Apries) meshwesh; (Female) ., Wife of Apries; Meritakhebt and Neitmeretefs
Father of Neithiyi; Princess Chedebnitjerbone II of Egypt and (No Name)
Brother of Ankhesneferibre Ankhenesneferibre of Egypt; Ast.khebt of Egypt, Princess and Neitmeretefs

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About Apries "Wahibre / Ha'a'ibra" Pharaoh of Egypt

From Livius.org

  • Apries: pharaoh of the Saite dynasty, ruler of Egypt from 589 to 567.
  • Egyptian names: Ha'a'ibra Wahibra
  • Successor of: Psammetichus II

Relatives:

  • father: Psammetichus II
  • wife: Takheredeneset
  • daughter: Khetbeneit-erboni II (?)

From Wikipedia

Apries (Ancient Greek: Ἁπρίης) is the name by which Herodotus (ii. 161) and Diodorus (i. 68) designate Wahibre Haaibre, Ουαφρης (Pharaoh-Hophra), a pharaoh of Egypt (589 BC – 570 BC), the fourth king (counting from Psamtik I) of the Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt. He was equated with the Waphres of Manetho, who correctly records that he reigned for 19 years. Apries is also called Hophra in Jeremiah 44:30.

Apries inherited the throne from his father, pharaoh Psamtik II, in February 589 BC and his reign continued his father's history of foreign intrigue in Palestinian affairs. Apries was an active builder who constructed "additions to the temples at Athribis (Tell Atrib), Bahariya Oasis, Memphis and Sais." In Year 4 of his reign, Apries' sister Ankhnesneferibre was adopted as the new God's Wife of Amun at Thebes. However, Apries' reign was also fraught with internal problems. In 588 BC, Apries dispatched a force to Jerusalem to protect it from Babylonian forces sent by Nebuchadrezzar II. His forces were quickly crushed and Jerusalem, following an 18-month long siege, was destroyed by the Babylonians in either 587 BC or 586 BC. His unsuccessful attempt to intervene in the politics of the Kingdom of Judah was followed by a mutiny of soldiers from the strategically important Aswan garrison.

While the mutiny was contained, Apries later attempted to protect Libya from incursions by Dorian Greek invaders but his efforts here backfired spectacularly as his forces were mauled by the Greek invaders. When the defeated army returned home, a civil war broke out between the indigenous Egyptian army troops and foreign mercenaries in the Egyptian army. At this time of crisis, the Egyptians turned in support towards a victorious general, Amasis II who had led Egyptian forces in a highly successful invasion of Nubia in 592 BC under pharaoh Psamtik II, Apries' father. Amasis quickly declared himself pharaoh in 570 BC and Apries fled Egypt and sought refuge in another foreign country. When Apries marched back to Egypt in 567 BC with the aid of a Babylonian army to reclaim the throne of Egypt, he was likely killed in battle with Amasis' forces. Amasis thus secured his kingship over Egypt and was now the unchallenged ruler of Egypt.

Amasis, however, reportedly treated Apries' mortal remains with respect and observed the proper funerary rituals by having Apries' body carried to Sais and buried there with "full military honours." Amasis, the former general who had declared himself pharaoh also married Apries' daughter Chedebnitjerbone II to legitimise his accession to power. While Herodotus claimed that the wife of Apries was called Nitetis (in Greek), "there are no contemporary references naming her" in Egyptian records.

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Apries "Wahibre / Ha'a'ibra" Pharaoh of Egypt's Timeline

-595
-595
Delta of Egypt
-570
-570
bc 570
-570
Age 24
Killed by Amasis, Delta of Egypt
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