caption father nomen dynasty horus predecessor successor children alt spouse image article_title horus_hiero name reign
sitting in cairo statue of mentuhotep i from elephantine , now possibly intef the elder mentuhotepaa mentuhotepaa merysatetnebetabu '' ` alternative form '' ' : itnetjeru 11th dynasty hor tp -lsb- j -rsb- ˁ '' '' horus the ancestor tepia '' '' Ḥr . -lrb- w -rrb- - intef the elder intef i intef i ? intef ii ? montuhotep i , mentuhotep-aa queen neferu i statue mentuhotep-aa by khruner.jpg mentuhotep i
 d1 * p :d 36 * z1 mentuhotep i c. 2135 bc
mentuhotep i

mentuhotep i -lrb- also mentuhotep-aa , i.e. `` the great '' -rrb- may have been a theban nomarch and independent ruler of upper egypt during the early first intermediate period .
he was later probably considered to be the founding father of the eleventh dynasty , which rose to prominence under intef ii and mentuhotep ii .
