Pharoah Ahmose of Egypt 
Ahmose was born in 1565 BC. Ahmose's father was Pharoah Tao II of Egypt and his mother was Ahhotep I of Egypt. His paternal grandparents were Pharoah Tao I of Egypt and Nomarch Tetisheri of Egypt; his maternal grandfather was Pharoah Tao I of Egypt and his maternal grandmother is daughter of Egypt. He had a sister named Ahmose-Nefertiri. He had two half-brothers named Heka Khaswt Anather and "the Overlord". He died in 1524 BC.General Notes
first Pharoah of the XVIII Dynasty in Egypt
King Kamose's throne name Wadj-kheper-re (picture right) means: "Flourishing is the Manifestation of Re". He picked up the battle axe from his father Tao's war against the Hyksos who held the north as the Nubians had power south of Aswan. To motivate the people to break this status quo was a hard task and the fighting spirit wasn't high.
The old Hyksos king Apepi I tried to make an alliance with the Nubians and engage Kamose in a two-front war but it didn't work out as planned. Khamose's progress in the military manoeuvres was limited and he died after only about four years in about 1550 BC. He was buried in a simple tomb at Thebes and the course of his death is not known. His origin is dusky and he might have come from outside and married into the royal family.
He made several stelae and is attested for by items in his secondary tomb at Dra Abu el-Naga, like a famous ceremonial axe head, scarabs-seals , pedants and jewellery among other things.
His follower on the throne was his brother (or possibly nephew) Ahmose I who "liberated" Egypt after an additional 15 years of combat. He was the founder of a new dynasty (18), that would be the start of a golden era in Egyptian history - The New Kingdom, but that's another story.
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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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