Template:Infobox pharaoh

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{{{name}}}
{{{alt_name}}}
[[File:{{{image}}}|frameless|alt= {{{image_alt}}}|upright=1|{{{caption}}}]] {{{caption}}}
{{{role|Pharaoh}}}
Reign	{{{reign}}} ({{{dynasty}}})
Coregency	{{{coregency}}}
Predecessor	{{{predecessor}}}
Successor	{{{successor}}}
Royal titulary
Consorts	{{{consorts}}} / {{{spouses}}} / {{{consort}}} / {{{spouse}}}
Children	{{{children}}}
Father	{{{father}}}
Mother	{{{mother}}}
Born	{{{birth_date}}} {{{birth_place}}}
Died	{{{death_date}}} {{{death_place}}}
Burial	{{{burial}}}
Monuments	{{{monuments}}}

Usage

This template is designed to display information about an Egyptian pharaoh, including their names in hieroglyphs.

Other than name, all parameters listed below are optional. To see a near-full example of the template's use within the encyclopedia, visit Ramesses II.

Full syntax

{{Infobox pharaoh
| name           =
| alt_name       =
| image          =
| image_alt      =
| caption        =
| role           =  <!-- Defaults to: [[Pharaoh]] -->
| reign          =
| coregency      =
| predecessor    =
| successor      =

| notes          =
| prenomen       =
| prenomen_hiero =
| nomen          =
| nomen_hiero    =
| horus          =
| horus_prefix   =  <!-- Defaults to: <hiero>G5</hiero> -->
| horus_hiero    =
| nebty          =
| nebty_hiero    =
| golden         =
| golden_hiero   =

| spouse         =
| children       =
| dynasty        =
| father         =
| mother         =
| birth_date     =
| birth_place    = <!-- if known, otherwise omit -->
| death_date     =
| death_place    = <!-- if known, otherwise omit -->
| burial         =
| monuments      =
}}

Example

Darius the Great 𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎢𐏁
The relief stone of Darius the Great in the Behistun Inscription
Pharaoh of Egypt
Reign	29 September 522 BCE – October 486 BCE (Achaemenid)
Predecessor	Bardiya
Successor	Xerxes I
Royal titulary
Consort	Atossa Artystone Parmys Phratagone Phaedymia a daughter of Gobryas
Children	Artobazanes Xerxes I Ariabignes Arsamenes Masistes Achaemenes Arsames Gobryas Ariomardus Abrocomes Hyperanthes Artazostre
Father	Hystaspes
Mother	Rhodogune or Irdabama
Born	550 BCE
Died	October 486 BCE (aged approximately 64)
Burial	Naqsh-e Rostam

Parameters

All optional other than name.

Parameter	Function
name	Name by which pharaoh commonly known
alt_name	Alternative names
image	Infobox image (headshot, if possible)
image_alt	Alternative text for the image
caption	Caption for the image
align	Template's position: left, center or right
nomen	Pharaoh's nomen; use <hiero>...</hiero> format, followed by transliteration, followed by translation
prenomen	Pharaoh's prenomen (see above)
golden	Pharaoh's Golden Horus name
nebty	Pharaoh's Nebty name
horus	Pharaoh's Horus
reign	Dates of pharaoh's reign (use alternatives, if known)
predecessor	Name of pharaoh's predecessor
successor	Name of pharaoh's successor
consorts or consort spouses or spouse	Names of pharaoh's consorts/spouses
children	Names of pharaoh's children
dynasty	Name of pharaoh's dynasty
coregency	coregency (if applicable)
father	Name of pharah's father (if known)
mother	Name of pharah's mother (if known)
birth_date	Year of pharaoh's birth
birth_place	Place of pharaoh's birth (if known)
death_date	Year of pharaoh's death
death_place	Place of pharaoh's death (if known)
burial	Place where pharaoh buried and/or pharaoh's tomb/body found
monuments	Names of any significant monuments dedicated to the pharaoh
role	Defaults to "Pharaoh"
golden_hiero	Pharaoh's hieroglyphic Golden Horus name (see above)
nebty_hiero	Pharaoh's hieroglyphic Nebty name (see above)
horus_hiero	Pharaoh's hieroglyphic Horus (see above)

Microformat

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the person's details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book or database. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Sub-templates

Date-of-birth ("bday") information will only be included in the microformat if {{birth date}}, or {{birth date and age}} are used in the infobox. (Do not use these if the date is before 1583). Be cautious about using these if the person is still living, per WP:DOB.

To include a URL, use {{URL}}.

Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.

Classes

hCard uses HTML classes including:

• adr
• agent
• bday
• birthplace
• category
• country-name
• deathdate
• deathplace
• extended-address
• family-name
• fn (required)
• given-name
• honorific-prefix
• honorific-suffix
• label
• locality
• n
• nickname
• note
• org
• role
• url
• vcard

Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.

Tracking categories

• Category:Pages using infobox pharaoh with unknown parameters (0)

Ancient Egypt templates

Sidebars

• Template:Ancient Egypt dynasties sidebar

Other templates

• Template:PharaohNamebox
• • Template:Infobox pharaoh (/Golden
  • /Nebty
  • /Nomen
  • /Prenomen
  • /Serekh)
• Template:History of Egypt

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