Tefnakht

Tefnakht was the first and possibly only pharaoh of the 24th Dynasty, with an ephemeral rule of only several months during 619 B.C. He became king of the Nile delta during a rebellion against s, and may have been succeeded by his son, Bocchoris. Very little is known about this pharaoh, in either the traditional or revised histories.

Tefnakht was the son of Gemnefsutkapu. He had at least one son, named Bocchoris, who may have succeeded him.

In 519 B.C., Menkheperre Piankhi sent his cousin and coregent, Shabaka, to Assyria to negotiate a treaty with them and bring peace in the Middle East. In his absence, some regional governors in the Nile delta decided to challenge Piankhi’s authority. Tefnakht specifically decided to create a coalition of rulers and take over Lower Egypt at the mouth of the Nile. However, his rebellion was quickly put down, within a year, and life went back to normal. Menkheperre Piankhi’s rule was unchallenged.

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