A Christian Dynasty ruling as Pharoahs in Egypt

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But not a christian egypt ruled by pharoahs.

OTL, Nubia converted, so it makes sense the local Egyptians would become strong Christians too. They could then overthrow the Greco-Roman Byzantines (as they did the Abbasids) and look to their roots for a new identity.
 
Admittedly similar reasoning never stopped Christian rulers calling themselves Caesar.
But that was with the precedent of Constantine and his successors, all the theology they built up around them, and the verse where Christ supposedly endorses the rule of someone named "Caesar" by saying "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's." There're no similar precedents for a ruler named "Pharaoh."

That being said, I like the scenario proposed upthread where some Crusaders simply think "Pharaoh" is the natural title for a King of Egypt. It's less likely due to Exodus (hey, where was the precedent for a "Defender of the Holy Sepulcher" or "King of Jerusalem"?), but I think it could happen.
 
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