Osorkon III

Osorkon III was the fourth pharaoh of the 23rd Dynasty, who ruled as pharaoh from 673 to 667 B.C. and as High Priest of Amun from 705 to 667 B.C. He succeeded Iuput I and Pedubast I, and was succeeded by his son Takelot III. A little is known about this pharaoh, no more in the revised history than the traditional.

Osorkon was the son of Takelot II, who was the grandson of Osorkon II. He had several children, but the most important to the revised history were Takelot III and one of his daughters who married Piankh of the 21st Dynasty.

In 673 B.C., both Pedubast I and his coregent Iuput I died, making Osorkon III pharaoh. In his second year, Osorkon made his own son, Takelot III, coregent and commander of the army in anticipation of an Assyrian attack. However, a year later, both Osorkon and Takelot were unable to stop Esarhaddon’s invasion and the following Assyrian occupation of Egypt. The rest of his reign was mostly uneventful, and he died in 667 B.C. making Takelot III the sole 23rd Dynasty ruler.

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