Pinudjem II

Pinudjem II was the sixth ruler and High Priest of Amun in the 21st Dynasty, who was HPA from 597 to 572 B.C., and ruler of Thebes and the surrounding area from 584 to 572 B.C. He succeeded his brother Smendes II and his father Menkheperre Piankhi, and was succeeded by his son Psusennes III. Very little is known about this person.

Pinudjem was the son of Piankhi, who was the son of Pinudjem I, who was the son of Piankh. He had several children, but his only son of note to the revised history was Psusennes III who succeeded him.

In 597 B.C., Pinudjem’s brother Smendes II died, and so Pinudjem II was made the High Priest of Amun. He ruled as such for the rest of his reign in Thebes, but upon his father's death, he was also made king of Upper Egypt alongside Shabataka. He died in 572 B.C.

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