Editing Djedefre (section)

== Family ==
{{see also|Fourth Dynasty of Egypt family tree}}
Djedefre married his brother [[Kawab]]'s widow, [[Hetepheres II]]. She was a sister to both of them, and who perhaps married a third brother of theirs, [[Khafre]], after Djedefre's death.<ref name="D55">Dodson & Hilton, p.55</ref>  Another queen, [[Khentetka|Khentetenka]] is known from statue fragments in the Abu Rowash mortuary temple.<ref>Dodson & Hilton, p.59</ref>

=== Children with Hetepheres II or Khentetka ===
* Hornit (“Eldest King's Son of His Body”) known from a statue depicting him and his wife.<ref name="D58">Dodson & Hilton, p.58</ref>
* [[Setka (prince)|Setka]] (“Eldest King's Son of His Body; Unique Servant of the King”) known from a scribe statue found in his father's pyramid complex.<ref name="D61">Dodson & Hilton, p.61</ref> It is possible that he ruled for a short while after his father's death; an unfinished pyramid at Zawiyet el-Arian was started for a ruler whose name ends in ''ka;'' this could have been Setka or Baka.<ref name="D55" />

=== Children with Hetepheres II ===
* [[Neferhetepes]] (“King's Daughter of His Body; God's Wife”) is known from a statue fragment from Abu Rowash. Until recently, she was believed to be the mother of a pharaoh of the next dynasty, either [[Userkaf]] or [[Sahure]].<ref name="D61" />

=== Possible children with Hetepheres II or Khentetka ===
* [[Baka (prince)|''Baka'']] (“Eldest King's Son”) known from a statue base found in Djedefre's mortuary temple, depicting him with his wife Hetepheres. May be the same person as [[Bikheris]].

The French excavation team led by {{Ill|Michel Valloggia|fr}} found the names of two other possible children of Djedefre in the pyramid complex:
* Nikaudjedefre (“King's Son of His Body”) was buried in Tomb F15 in Abu Rowash; it is possible that he wasn't a son of Djedefre but lived later and his title was only honorary.<ref name="D61" />
* Hetepheres (“King's Daughter of His Body”) was mentioned on a statue fragment.<ref name="D58" />
[[File:Prince Setka as scribe-E 12629-E 12631-IMG 9671-gradient.jpg|thumb|Statue of Setka inscribed with his name and titles, in the [[Louvre]]]]
[[File:Block inscribed with the cartouche of king Djedefre - Nubian Museum.jpg|left|thumb|Block inscribed with the cartouche of king Djedefre - Nubian Museum]]