Takelot I

Takelot I was the third pharaoh of the 22nd Dynasty, who ruled a large section of the Nile delta centered on Bubastis for an uncertain period of time ending in 740 B.C. His rule began at least as far back as 748 B.C., and possibly as far back as 752 B.C. He succeeded his father Osorkon I, as was succeeded by his son Osorkon II. Very little is known about this pharaoh in either the traditional or revised histories.

Takelot was the son of Osorkon I, who was the son of Shoshenq I, the founder of the 22nd Dynasty. He had many sons, but the most important to the revised history was Osorkon II, who became pharaoh.

Some time around 750 B.C., Takelot I became pharaoh (how is not known, but with the time frame involved, he was likely appointed a coregent with Osorkon I). The events of his reign are not well recorded, likely because he lived so soon after the great upheaval of the Santorini eruption in 765 B.C. that fractured Egypt. He died in 740 B.C., and his son Osorkon II became pharaoh.

The evidence for the revised history can be found at Displaced Dynasties. Evidence pertaining to this pharaoh can be found here.