Queen Sobekneferu

Rule	1806 - 1800 BC.
Predecessor	Brother/ConsortAmenemhet IV
Father	Amenemhet III
Mother	Queen Aat
Nomen (meaning of name)	Sobek is the Beauty of Ra
Dynasty	12th
Consort	Amenemhet IV
Capital city	Crocodilopolis
Achievements	End of Middle Kingdom
Burial	North Pyramid, Mazguna
Succesor	Division of Egypt

Sobekneferu is the first certain Known Egyptian Queen, and one of the few queens to rule Egypt

After the death of her brother/husband Amenemhet IV who left no heir, Sobekneferu took the throne herself, with the support of the priests of Sobek.

She built the religious center in Crocodilopolis called Shedet, dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek.

She extended the Labyrinth of Pharaoh Amenemhet III by his pyramid at Hawara in the Fayum oasis

She appears dressed as a female unlike Hatshepsut

After her death the country was divided between the 13th Dynasty Pharaohs from Thebes and the 14th Dynasty ruling from Xois in the Delta

This division lead to weakeness Hyksos invasions in the Delta in 1674 BC.