Mentuhotep was the non-royal father of the ancient Egyptian king Sobekhotep III, who ruled for about three years in the Thirteenth Dynasty, around 1750 BC. Mentuhotep is mainly known from monuments of his son while he was king. On these monuments appears also his wife

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, who was called ''king's mother''. On the monuments relating to Sobekhotep III, Mentuhotep bears the title ''god's father''. The latter title is often given to non-royal fathers of kings. It is not known under which circumstances Sobekhotep III became king. However, his father Mentuhotep had no known royal connections. Two further sons are known,

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and Khakau. They were bearing the title ''king's son'', albeit being evidently not the son of a king, but brothers of one.K.S.B. Ryholt, ''The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, c.1800-1550 BC,'' (''Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications'', vol. 20. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 1997), 222-223 A high number of scarab seals is known a military official Mentuhotep with the title ''commander of the ruler's crew''. This official had a son with the same title named Sobekhotep. It seems possible that these scarabs belong to the ''god's father'' Mentuhotep before his son became king.

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