Taharka

Taharka was the fourth pharaoh of the 25th Dynasty, who ruled from 569 to 543 B.C. He succeeded Shabataka as the first among equals in Egypt (the 21st Dynasty was also continuing), was exiled to Nubia by invading Babylonian forces, and was succeeded by the self-proclaimed pharaoh Tanuatamon. More is known about this pharaoh in the revised history than in the traditional history.

Taharka was the son of Shabaka, son of Rudamon, son of Piankh. Piankh was also the son-in-law of Osorkon III. This connects Taharka to the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd Dynasties. He had no sons of note in the revised history, and his nephew succeeded him.

In 569 B.C., Shabataka died and passed the throne of pharaoh to Taharka. As the first four years of Taharka's reign were during the madness of Nebuchadnezzar, he was able to gain control of much Babylonian territory in the Middle East. When Nebuchadnezzar regained his saneness, he was enraged. In 564 B.C., following the highest Nile flood in ancient Egyptian history, Babylon invaded Egypt and pushed Taharka south to Thebes.

In the next year, Taharka was driven even further south into Nubia, and his buildings and architecture in Upper Egypt were looted and destroyed. Taharka lived out the rest of his reign in Nubia, building many monuments and architecture in the small territory he had left. He died in 543 B.C., and was succeeded by his nephew Tanuatamon.

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