![]() ![]() If he is Akhenaten's brother, his mother was likely either Tiye or Sitamun. It is assumed he was a member of the royal family, likely either a brother or son of the pharaoh Akhenaten. Since the Amarna period was subject to a large-scale condemnation of memory by later Pharaohs, very little can be said of Smenkhkare with certainty, and he has hence been subject to immense speculation. Smenkhkare was husband to Meritaten, the daughter of his likely co-regent, Akhenaten. Smenkhkare (alternatively romanized Smenkhare, Smenkare, or Smenkhkara meaning "'Vigorous is the Soul of Re") was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of unknown background who lived and ruled during the Amarna Period of the 18th Dynasty. ![]() Possibly Meritaten Tasherit or Tutankhamun Vigorous is the Soul of Re, Holy of Forms
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