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Osorkon I (928 to 893 BC)

Osorkon I Mery-Amun Sekhem-kheper-re (924-889). Horus name: Mery-re Rediensuatum-hernesetefergeregtawy. Nebty name: Saakheperuwerbiaut. Golden Falcon name: Nakhtkhepesh Derpedjet-9. Prenomen: Sekhemkheperre. Osorkon I, who succeeded his father, continued to provide strong patronage for the various leading priesthoods, thereby consolidating his position as well as maintaining a continuous building program, especially at his native city of Bubastis. Shoshenq's son had married Psusennes' daughter, Makare and Shoshenq's wife, Karoma, was the mother of Osorkon I. The chief priesthood of Amun at Karnak was taken from his brother, Iuput, and given to one of his sons, Sheshonq (II), whom he took as co-regent in 890 BC. Sheshonq, however, predeceased his father by a few months, and both were buried at Tanis. The successor was Takelot I, another son of Osorkon by a minor wife.