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Dynasty II

Horus Hetepsekhemwy	Hetep-Nebty	2857
Horus Nebre			2815
Horus Ninetjer	Ninetjer-Nebty	2815	2778
Horus Weneg?	Weneg-Nebty	2778	2772
Sened		2772
Nubnefer			2751
Seth Peribsen		2751	2743
Horus Sekhemib(-perenma'at)		2743	2732
Horus Khasekhem	(= same person as the next king)
Horus-Seth Khasekhemwy(-hetep-	netjerwyimef)	2732	2705

Hetepsekhemwy
Hetepsekhemwy was the first king of the 2nd Dynasty. His name is a reference to the gods Horus and Seth "The Two Mighty Ones at Rest".

The king ruled Ancient Egypt for more than thirty five years.

During his era, an earthquake hit the vicinity of Bubastis in the Nile Delta. Some historians say that his brother started a military coup and threw him out of power

Reneb
Reneb was the second king in the 2nd Dynasty.

Reneb controlled Egypt after a coup to overthrow his brother.

His royal seals were discovered at Saqqara and near Hermopolis.

Ninetjer
Ninetjer was the third king of the 2nd Dynasty, and took Memphis as his capitol.

He ruled ancient Egypt for almost 40 years and he was famous for his festivals and marvelous temples

Peribsen
Peribsen was the fourth king of the 2nd Dynasty.

He was actually not the legitimate heir of Nintejer. In fact, many historians believe that the king was an outsider who instigated coup against King Nintejer.

King Peribsen used the designation of seth in his titles. Unfortunately, nothing from Peribsen’s era is well documented except for his mortuary complex near Abydos

Khasekhemwy
The fifth king of the 2nd Dynasty was probably responsible for the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt.

Not much is known about him, save the fact that he undertook massive military campaigns. A statue of him which resides in the Cairo Museum, demonstrates the first use of hard stone work during this period.

He is responsible for the construction of a large granite door jamb within the temple of Hierakonpolis, and the building of many of the mortuary complexes at both Saqqara and Abydos.