Mentuhotep I

Mentuhotep I
Mentuhotep I
Montuhotep I, Mentuhotep-aa
	Sitting statue of Mentuhotep I from Elephantine, now in Cairo
Pharaoh
Reign	c. 2135 BC
Predecessor	Intef the Elder
Successor	Intef I
Horus name
Horus name
	Hor Tepia ; Ḥr.(w)-tp [j] ˁ ; Horus the ancestor
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Nomen
Consort	Queen Neferu I
Children	Intef I ? Intef II ?
Father	possibly Intef the Elder
Dynasty	11th dynasty

Mentuhotep I (also Mentuhotep-aa, i.e. "the Great") may have been a Theban nomarch and independent ruler of Upper Egypt during the early First Intermediate Period. Alternatively, Mentuhotep I may be a fictional figure created during the later Eleventh Dynasty, which rose to prominence under Intef II and Mentuhotep II, playing the role of a founding father.