Pharoah Djedefre of Egypt 
Djedefre was born in 2560 BC. Djedefre's father was Pharoah Khufu of Egypt. His paternal grandfather was Pharoah Sneferu of Egypt and his paternal grandmother is Hetepheres I of Egypt. He had two brothers named Khafre and Djedefhor. He died in 2516 BC.General Notes
Pharoah of Egypt (IV Dynasty)
# Event: Reign from 2528 BC to 2519
The successor of Kheops was his son Djedefre who had a short time on the throne. Little is known about him and he placed his tomb 8 km north of Giza at Abu Roash. There he started to build some kind of pyramid in a obviously older style of foundation with an open trench instead of a tunnel into the bedrock. At the site was found a head of the king (left) and its backside might indicate a lying body - perhaps the first sphinx.
Blocks from a red granite sarcophagus (rounded) were also found here. His name occurs once in a very similar structure at Zawiyet-el-Aryan 5 km south of Giza, that also had a deep shaft and a rounded red sarcophagus made of granite.
These findings might indicate that these two unfinished monuments were made in a period very close in time.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
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They had a daughter named Neferhetepes.
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