id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-5691 Neferhotep I - Wikipedia .html text/html 5492 737 74 Khasekhemre Neferhotep I was an Egyptian pharaoh of the mid Thirteenth Dynasty ruling in the second half of the 18th century BC[2] during a time referred to as the late Middle Kingdom or early Second Intermediate Period, depending on the scholar. The grandson of a non-royal townsman from a Theban family with a military background, Neferhotep I's relation to his predecessor Sobekhotep III is unclear and he may have usurped the throne. Egyptologists have noted that instead of hiding their non-royal origins, Neferhotep I, his predecessor Sobekhotep III, and his successor Sobekhotep IV, remarkably, proclaimed them on their stelae and scarab seals.[2] This is at odds with the traditional Egyptian system where the legitimacy of the new king rests mainly on his filiation. Whether Neferhotep I usurped the throne at the expense of Sobekhotep III or inherited it, it's possible he acceded to power over a fragmented Egypt. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-5691.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-5691.txt