Seventeenth dynasty of Egypt

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Dynasties of Pharaohs in Ancient Egypt
Predynastic Egypt
Protodynastic Period
Early Dynastic Period
1st 2nd
Old Kingdom
3rd 4th 5th 6th
First Intermediate Period
7th 8th 9th 10th
11th (Thebes only)
Middle Kingdom
11th (All Egypt)
12th 13th 14th
Second Intermediate Period
15th 16th 17th
New Kingdom
18th 19th 20th
Third Intermediate Period
21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th
First Persian Period
Late Period
28th 29th 30th
Second Persian Period
Macedonian-Roman Period
Alexander the Great
Ptolemaic Dynasty
Roman Egypt
Arab Conquest

The Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined under the group title, Second Intermediate Period.

[edit] Rulers

Known rulers, in the History of Egypt, for the Seventeenth Dynasty are as follows:

**Seventeenth Dynasty**
Name	Dates
Rahotep Sekhemrewahkhaw	Unknown
Sobekemsaf I Sekhemreshedtawy	Unknown
Intef VI Sekhemrewepmaat	Unknown
Intef VII Nebkheperre	Unknown
Intef VIII Sekhemreherhermaat	Unknown
Sobekemsaf II Sekhemrewadjkhaw	1566 BC-1559 BC 7 years
Senakhtenre	1559 BC-1558 BC 1 year
Seqenenre	1558 BC-1554 BC 4 years
Kamose	1554 BC-1549 BC 5 years

The Seventeenth Dynasty covers a period of time when Egypt was split into a set of small Hyksos-ruled kingdoms. It is mainly Theban rulers contemporary with the Fifteenth Dynasties and Sixteenth Dynasties.

The last two kings of the dynasty opposed the Hyksos rule over Egypt and initiated a war that would rid Egypt of the Hyksos kings and began a period of unified rule, the New Kingdom.

Kamose the second son of Seqenenre Tao II was the the brother of Ahmose I, the first king of the Eighteenth Dynasty.

This chronological table and all published dates are derived from Kim Ryholt's book, "The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period (Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications," vol.20. (Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 1997) ISBN 87-7289-421-0, pp.203-204