APEPI I

'Apepi I', (also Awoserre Apepi or 'Apophis') was a ruler of Lower Egypt during the Fifteenth dynasty and the end of the Second Intermediate Period. According to the Turin Canon of Kings, he ruled for forty years,^[1]
and would have ruled during the early half of the 1500s if he outlived his rival Kamose but not Ahmose I.^[2] Apepi was dominant over most of Egypt during the early portion of his reign, and traded peacefully with the Theban 17th Dynasty.^[2] A vase belonging to his daughter, Herit, was found in the tomb of Amenhotep I, which would indicate that at some point his daughter may have been married to a Theban king.^[2] The vase, however, may have been an item which was looted from Avaris after Ahmose's eventual victory over the Hyksos. While he may have exerted suzerainty over Upper Egypt during the beginning of his reign, the 17th Dynasty eventually assumed control over this region, and the Hyksos were driven out of Egypt no more than 15 years after his death.^[5]
Awoserre Apepi may or may not have been the same person as Aqenienre Apepi. Some Egyptologists believe there were two king's named Apepi, although others believe they all refer to the same Apepi. Apophis is thought to have usrped the throne after the death of his predecessor Khyan since the latter had designated his son Yanassi to be his successor.^[6]

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1. Nicolas Grimal, ''A History of Ancient Egypt.'' Librairie Arthéme Fayard, 1988, p.189.
2. Grimal, op. cit., p.189
3. Grimal, op. cit., p.189
4. Grimal, op. cit., p.189
5. Grimal, op. cit., p.194
6. Kim Ryholt, ''The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period'', CNI Publications, (Museum Tusculanum Press: 1997), p.256