Shoshenq I

Shoshenq I
Shoshenq I
Sesonkhosis, Sesonkhis (Σέσωγχις);
	Shoshenq I (middle) gives offering to Amun (left), accompanied by his son Iuput (right), drawn by Ippolito Rosellini at the Bubastite Portal.
Pharaoh
Reign	943–922 BC
Predecessor	Psusennes II
Successor	Osorkon I
Horus name
Horus name
	Kanakht Meryre Sekhafemnisuterzematawy; kȝ nḫt mrj-Rˁ sḫˁj.f-m-nsw-r-zm3-t3wj; Strong bull, beloved of Ra, he who causes the king to unite the two lands
Nebty name
	Khaemsekhemtimihorsaaset Sehotepnetjeruemmaat; ḫˁj-m-sḫmtj-mj-Ḥr-z3-3st sḥtp-nṯrw-m-M3ˁt; The double crown appears as Horus son of Isis, he who satisfies the gods in Maat
Golden Horus
	Sekhempehti Huipedjut-9 Wernekhtutaunebu ; sḫm-pḥtj ḥwj-pḏt-psḏt wr-nḫtw-(m)-t3w-nbw; He whose mighty power vanquishes the nine bows (enemies of Egypt), he who is great of victories in all countries
Praenomen
Nomen
Consort	Patareshnes, Karomama A
Children	Osorkon I, Iuput A, Nimlot B
Father	Nimlot A
Mother	Tentsepeh A
Died	922 BC
Dynasty	22nd Dynasty

Hedjkheperre Setepenre Shoshenq I (Egyptian ššnq; reigned c. 943–922 BC)—also known as Shashank or Sheshonk or Sheshonq I—was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt and the founder of the Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt.