Shoshenq, as Egyptian king, had chosen his eldest son, Osorkon, to succeed him as Osorkon I and consolidated his authority over Egypt through marriage alliances and appointments.

He had designated his second son, Iuput, as the High Priest of Amun at Thebes, Governor of Upper Egypt, and Commander of the Army.

Another son, Nimlot, had been given prominent positions in the military.

Shoshenq is succeeded by his son Osorkon I after a reign of twenty-one years.

While Shoshenq's tomb is currently unknown, the burial of one of his prominent state officials at Thebes, the Third Prophet of Amun Djedptahiufankh, will be discovered intact in Tomb DB320 in the nineteenth Century.

Inscriptions on Djedptahiufankh's mummy bandages show that he died in or after Year Eleven of this king.

His mummy will be discovered to contain various gold bracelets, amulets and precious carnelian objects and give a small hint of the vast treasures that would have adorned Shoshenq I's tomb.