Editing Necho I (section)

===Family===
{{see also|Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt family tree}}
Danish [[Egyptologist]] [[Kim Ryholt]] made claims regarding Necho I: studying a papyrus from [[Tebtunis]], he stated that Necho I was the son of a king named Tefnakht, presumably [[Tefnakht II]].<ref name=RyholtGot>{{harvp|Ryholt|2011b|pp=123–127}}</ref> Ryholt also put in discussion the existence of [[Nekauba]] who was the purported predecessor of Necho I and possibly his brother; Ryholt suggested that the few, dubious documents regarding Nekauba should be attributed to the later [[Necho II]] instead, and that Necho I was the direct successor of Tefnakht II.<ref name=RyholtJea>{{harvp|Ryholt|2011a}}</ref>

French historian [[Christian Settipani]] believes that Necho married Istemabet, and they were the parents of Psamtik I.<ref name=Settipani>{{harvp|Settipani|1991|pp=153, 160, 161–162}}</ref>

According to British Egyptologist [[Kenneth Kitchen]], it is possible that princess Ta-khered-en-ta-ihet-[weret] was Necho's daughter, given in a [[Marriage of state|politically arranged marriage]] to the local ruler of [[Heracleopolis Magna|Herakleopolis]], Pediese.<ref>{{harvp|Kitchen|1996|loc=§§&nbsp;201, 363}}</ref>

A now-lost limestone lintel from [[Luxor]] depicted a chantress of [[Amun]] named Meresamun along with a Saite form of [[Osiris]] and the [[Divine Adoratrice of Amun]] [[Shepenupet II]]; Meresamun is called "royal daughter of the lord of the Two lands, Nec[...]", the latter name written within a royal [[cartouche]]. It appears likely that Meresamun's royal father was no other than Necho I who sent his daughter to the [[Precinct of Amun-Re]] in [[Karnak]], thus marking the beginning of the Saite influence in the city of Thebes.<ref name=CP>{{harvp|Coulon|Payraudeau|2015|pp=21–31}}</ref>