Mentuhotep I (also Mentuhotep-aa, i.e. "the Great"[3]) may have been a Theban nomarch and independent ruler of Upper Egypt during the early First Intermediate Period.

Mentuhotep was possibly a local Egyptian nomarch at Thebes during the early first intermediate period, ca.

The Karnak king list found in the Festival Hall of Thutmose III preserves, in position No.

[11] Mentuhotep's wife might have been Neferu I and the statue from Heqaib may be interpreted to show that he was the father of Intef I and II.

This could possibly refer to Intef the elder, son of Iku, a Theban nomarch loyal to the Herakleopolitan kings in the early first intermediate period.