Editing Ahmose I (section)

==Family==
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He was a member of the [[Thebes, Egypt|Theban]] royal house, the son of pharaoh [[Seqenenre Tao]] and brother of the last pharaoh of the [[Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt|Seventeenth Dynasty]], [[Kamose]]. During the reign of his father or grandfather, Thebes rebelled against the [[Hyksos]], the rulers of [[Lower Egypt]]. When he was seven years old, his father was killed,{{sfn|Shaw|2000|p=199}} and he was about ten when his brother died of unknown causes after reigning only three years. Ahmose I assumed the throne after the death of his brother,{{sfn|Grimal|1992|p=192}} and upon coronation became known as Nebpehtyre, '''''[[wikt:nb#Etymology 2|nb]]-[[wikt:pḥtj|pḥtj]]-[[wikt:rꜥ|rꜥ]]''''' "The Lord of Strength is [[Ra]]".

Ahmose descended from the Theban [[Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt|Seventeenth Dynasty]]. His grandfather and grandmother, [[Senakhtenre Ahmose]] and [[Tetisheri]], had at least twelve children, including [[Seqenenre Tao]] and [[Ahhotep I]]. The brother and sister, according to the tradition of Egyptian queens, married, and had sons [[Kamose]] and Ahmose I, as well as several daughters.{{sfn|Grimal|1992|p=194}} Ahmose I followed in the tradition of his father and married several of his sisters, making [[Ahmose-Nefertari]] his chief wife.{{sfn|Grimal|1992|p=190}} They had several children including daughters [[Ahmose-Meritamun|Meritamun B]], [[Ahmose-Sitamun|Sitamun A]] and sons [[Siamun (son of Ahmose I)|Siamun A]], [[Ahmose-ankh]],{{sfn|Dodson|1990|p=91}} [[Amenhotep I]] and [[Ramose (prince)|Ramose A]]{{sfn|Dodson|Hilton|2004|p=126}} (the "A" and "B" designations after the names are a convention used by Egyptologists to distinguish between royal children and wives that otherwise have the same name). They may also have been the parents of [[Mutnofret]], who would become the wife of later successor [[Thutmose I]]. Ahmose-ankh was Ahmose's heir apparent, but he preceded his father in death sometime between Ahmose's 17th and 22nd [[regnal year]].{{sfn|Wente|1975|p=271}} Ahmose was succeeded instead by his eldest surviving son, [[Amenhotep I]], with whom he might have shared a short [[coregency]].{{sfn|Gordon|1982|pp=296–297}}

=== Manetho ===
There was no distinct break in the line of the royal family between the Seventeenth and Eighteenth dynasties. The priest and historian [[Manetho]] author of a history of Egypt written in the [[Ptolemaic Kingdom|3rd&nbsp;century&nbsp;BC]] during the reign of [[Ptolemy&nbsp;II]] (283 – 246 BC), the now lost  [[Manetho#Aegyptiaca|''Aegyptiaca'']] ({{lang|el|Αἰγυπτιακά}}), considered the final expulsion of the [[Hyksos]] after nearly a century and the restoration of native Egyptian rule over the whole country a significant enough event to warrant the start of a new dynasty.{{sfn|Redford|1967|p=28}}