Hedjkheperre Setepenre Smendes was the founder of the Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt and succeeded to the throne after burying Ramesses XI in Lower Egypt – territory which he controlled.
Canopic jar of Smendes, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Detail of the Banishment Stela, which bears the highest known regnal date (25 years) of Smendes. Louvre, C 256