| Semenre | |
| Alt Name: | Smenre, Semenenre |
| Role: | Ruler of Upper Egypt |
| Reign: | ca. 1600 BC or 1580 BC |
| Dynasty: | 16th Dynasty or 17th Dynasty |
| Predecessor: | Nebiriau II |
| Successor: | Bebiankh |
| Prenomen: | Semenre s.mn-rˁ[1] Turin Canon Semenenre Smn-n-Rˁ He who is established by Ra |
Semenre (Smenre,[2] Semenenre[3]) is a poorly attested Theban pharaoh during the Second Intermediate Period of Egypt who succeeded the equally obscure Nebiriau II.[3] He reigned from 1601 to 1600 BC (Kim Ryholt)[4] or ca. 1580 BC (Detlef Franke) and belonged to the 16th Dynasty (Ryholt)[4] or the 17th Dynasty[2] (Franke).
For this ruler only the throne name is known, carved on a tin-bronze axe head of unknown provenance, now in the Petrie Museum, London (UC30079).
The Turin Canon 11.7 mentions "Semenra" between Nebitawra (11.6) and Seuserenre (11.8).[5] [2] Semenre was succeeded by Seuserenre Bebiankh[3] [4] who left behind more traces of building projects and mining activity in his reign than most kings of this dynasty with the exception of Djehuti.[6]