Editing Necho I (section)

{{Short description|Ancient Egyptian ruler of the city of Sais, father of Psammetich I}}
{{Infobox pharaoh
| Name=Necho I 
| Image= Necho I Horus.png
| Caption= Horus statuette bearing the cartouches of Necho I. London, [[Petrie Museum]].<ref name=Petrie>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/chronology/nekaui.html |title=Nekau I |website=Digital Egypt for Universities |publisher=University College London |access-date=8 July 2018 }}</ref>
|NomenHiero=<hiero>n:kA-w</hiero>
|Nomen=''Nekau''<ref name=Petrie/><br>''N-kꜣ-w'' (𓈖𓂓𓅱)<ref name=jvb>{{harvp|von Beckerath|1999|pp=212–213}}</ref>
| PrenomenHiero=<hiero>ra:mn-xpr</hiero>
|Prenomen=''Menkheperre''<br>''Mn-ḫpr-Rˁ''<ref name=jvb/><br>''Enduring is the apparition of [[Ra]]''
| Reign=672–{{BCE|664}}
| Died={{BCE|664}}
| Predecessor=[[Nekauba]] or [[Tefnakht II]]<ref name=RyholtJea/>
| Successor=[[Psamtik I]] 
| Dynasty=[[26th Dynasty]]
| Father=[[Tefnakht II]]<ref name=RyholtGot/>
| Spouse= Istemabet<ref name=Settipani/>
| Children=Psamtik I, possibly Ta-khered-en-ta-ihet-[weret] and Meresamun
}}
Menkheperre '''Necho I''' ([[Egyptian language|Egyptian]]: '''Nekau''',<ref name=Petrie/> [[Ancient Greek|Greek]]: '''Νεχώς Α'''' or '''Νεχώ Α'''', [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]]: '''Nikuu'''<ref name=oxf>{{harvp|Lloyd|2001|pp=504–505}}</ref> or '''Nikû'''<ref name=Ryholt2004>{{harvp|Ryholt|2004|p=486}}</ref>) (? – {{BCE|664}} near [[Memphis, Egypt|Memphis]]) was a ruler of the [[ancient Egypt]]ian city of [[Sais, Egypt|Sais]]. He was the first securely attested local Saite king of the [[26th Dynasty of Egypt]] who reigned for 8 years (672–{{BCE|664}}) according to [[Manetho]]'s ''[[Aegyptiaca]]''. Egypt was reunified by his son [[Psamtik I]].