Hedjkheperre Setepenre
Takelot I was a son of
Osorkon I and Queen Tashedkhons who ruled
Egypt for 13 Years according to
Manetho. Takelot would marry Queen Kapes who bore him
Osorkon II. Initially, Takelot was believed to be an ephemeral
Dynasty 22 Pharaoh since no monuments at
Tanis or
Lower Egypt could be conclusively linked to his reign, or mentioned his existence, except for the famous
Pasenhor Serapeum stela which dates to Year 37 of
Shoshenq V. However, since the late 1980s,
Egyptologists have assigned several documents mentioning a king
Takelot in Lower Egypt to him rather than Takelot II. Takelot I's reign was relatively short when compared to the three decades-long reigns of his father
Osorkon I and son,
Osorkon II. Takelot I, rather than Takelot II, was the king
Hedjkheperre Setepenre Takelot who is attested by a Year 9 stela from
Bubastis as well as the owner of a partly robbed Royal Tomb at Tanis which belonged to this ruler as the German Egyptologist Karl Jansen-Winkeln reported in a 1987 Varia Aegyptiaca 3 (1987), pp. 253–258 paper. Evidently, both king Takelots used the same prenomen or royal name:
Hedjkheperre Setepenre. The main difference between Takelot I and II is that Takelot I never employed the Theban inspired epithet
'Si-Ese' (Son of Isis) in his titulary, unlike
Takelot II.