Psamtik I

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Psamtik I[1]
Psammetichus
Bust of Psamtik I, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pharaoh
Reign	664–610 BC
Predecessor	Necho I
Successor	Necho II
Royal titulary Horus name Aaib Nebty name Neba Golden Horus Qenu Prenomen  (Praenomen) Wahibre "Constant [is the] Heart [of] Ra"[2] Nomen Psamtik "The mixed-wine seller"[3]
Consort	Mehytenweskhet[4]
Children	Necho II Nitocris I
Father	Necho I
Mother	Queen Istemabet
Died	610 BC
Dynasty	26th Dynasty

Wahibre Psamtik I (Ancient Egyptian: Wꜣḥ-jb-Rꜥ Psmṯk) was the first pharaoh of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt, the Saite period, ruling from the city of Sais in the Nile delta between 664–610 BC. He was installed by Ashurbanipal of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, against the Kushite rulers of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty, but later gained more autonomy as the Assyrian Empire declined.