Amenemhet IV

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Amenemhet IV (ä´mĕnĕm´hĕt, ā´–), d. 1792 BC, king of ancient Egypt, of the XII dynasty; the son and successor of Amenemhet III. Under Amenemhet IV, the power of the dynasty declined, and his successor, a woman, Sebenekfrure, was last of her family.