Teti I

Rule	2323 - 2291 BC.
Predecessor	Father in law Unas
Mother	Khentkawes I
Nomen (meaning of name)	Beloved of Ptah
Dynasty	6th
Consorts	Iput - the daughter of Unas Khuit
Capital city	Memphis
Achievements	Pyramid construction
Burial	Pyramid complex in saqqara
Succesor	usurper Userkare

The first Pharaoh of the 6th dynasty.

During his reign Nobles built funerary monuments that rivaled that of the Pharaoh. Wealth was transferred from the central court to the nobility, a process that culminated in the end to the Old Kingdom.

His Vizier Mereruka, married Teti's daughter, and built a large Mastaba consisting of 32 rooms

He exempted the temple at Abydos from taxes, and he was the first ruler to be particularly associated with the cult of Hathor at Dendera.

He was murdered by his palace bodyguards in a harem plot, and succeded by Userkare

Teti was responsible for the construction an Old Kingdom Pyramid at saqqara

Pyramid Texts were inscribed of the walls of his pyramid

Inside the burial chamber was found an undecorated sarcophagus containing the arm and shoulder of a mummy, presumably his.