The ninth dynasty of ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...

 (notated Dynasty IX) is often combined with Dynasties VII

Seventh and eighth dynasties of Egypt

The seventh and eighth dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined with Dynasties IX, X and XI under the group title First Intermediate Period...

, VIII

Seventh and eighth dynasties of Egypt

The seventh and eighth dynasties of ancient Egypt are often combined with Dynasties IX, X and XI under the group title First Intermediate Period...

, X

Tenth dynasty of Egypt

The tenth dynasty of ancient Egypt is often combined with Dynasties VII, VIII, IX and XI under the group title First Intermediate Period...

 and XI

Eleventh dynasty of Egypt

The eleventh dynasty of ancient Egypt was one group of rulers, whose earlier members are grouped with the four preceding dynasties to form the First Intermediate Period, while the later members are considered part of the Middle Kingdom...

 (Thebes only) under the group title First Intermediate Period. Dynasties IX and X date approximately from 2160 to 2025 BC.

Rulers

Known rulers, in the History of Egypt

History of Egypt

Egyptian history can be roughly divided into the following periods:*Prehistoric Egypt*Ancient Egypt**Early Dynastic Period of Egypt: 31st to 27th centuries BC**Old Kingdom of Egypt: 27th to 22nd centuries BC...

, for Dynasty IX are as follows (dates are uncertain):

Dynasty IX

Name	Comments
Wakhare Khety I Wakhare Khety I Wakhare Khety I was a pharaoh in the Ninth dynasty of Egypt. His name is mentioned in the Turin Royal Canon....	-
Merykare I	-
Neferkare III Neferkare, ninth dynasty Neferkare III, sometimes numbered VII, VIII, or IX, is the third pharaoh of the ninth dynasty of ancient Egypt, ca. 2140 BCE ....	-
Wankhare Khety II Wankhare Khety II Wankhare Khety II was an Ancient Egyptian king of the Ninth Dynasty who ruled at Hierakleopolis the Great during the First Intermediate Period. H. R. Hall believed he was the Akhthoes of Manetho's list...	-

Dynasty IX was founded at Herakleopolis Magna

Herakleopolis Magna

Heracleopolis or Herakleopolis Magna is the Greek name of the capital of the Twentieth nome of ancient Egypt. It was called Henen-nesut, Nen-nesu, or Hwt-nen-nesu in ancient Egyptian, meaning 'house of the royal child.' Later, it was called Hnas in Coptic, and Ahnas in medieval Arabic writings...

, and Dynasty X continued there. At this time Egypt was not unified, and there is some overlap between these and other local dynasties. The Turin Canon lists eighteen kings for this royal line, but their names are damaged, unidentifiable, or lost.