Sobekneferu

Earliest confirmed female Egyptian pharaoh c. 1800 BC

Sobekneferu or Neferusobek (Egyptian: 𓄤𓄤𓄤𓆍, romanized: Sbk-nfrw, lit. 'Beauty of Sobek') was the first confirmed queen regnant (or 'female king') of ancient Egypt and the last pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty and of the Middle Kingdom. Her reign was brief, lasting three years, 10 months, and 24 days according to the Turin Canon in the 18th century BC. She distinguished herself from any potential prior female rulers by adopting the full royal titulary which was often modified to acknowledge her womanhood such as by the titles 'daughter of Re' and 'female Horus'. She was also the first ruler to associate with the crocodile god Sobek in her nomen and prenomen.

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