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Queens of
Ancient Egypt
Third Intermediate Period
Late Period
The names of these Queens and the titles have been taken mailny from:
Dodson and Hilton: The Complete Royal
Families of
Ancient Egypt
Tyldesley: Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt.
These books have much more detailed information about these Queens :)
Third Intermediate
Period
High Priests of Amun (Thebes):
Nodjemet: Wife of
Piankh and Herihor. Possibly a daughter of the High Priest of Amun
Amenhotep? Daughter of Lady Herere. Mother of Pinudjem I. She
technically was never a Queen of Egypt, but carried the title of Great
Royal
Titles: Chief of the Harem of Amun,
Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt), Lady of The Two Lands (nbt-t3wy),
King’s Mother (mwt-niswt)
Henuttawy:
Wife of Pinudjem I. Possibly a daughter of Ramesses XI?
Mother of Psusennes I, Masaharta, Menkheperre and the princesses
Maatkare (and Maybe mutnodjemet).
Titles: Chief of the Harem of Amun,
Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt), Lady of The Two Lands (nbt-t3wy),
King’s Mother (mwt-niswt), King’s Daughter (s3t-niswt), Daughter of the
King's Great Wife.
Mummy dound in DB320.
Embalmers had packed the skin with a mixture of sawdust and resin to
give the mummy a more life-like appearance. The skin had unfortunately
ruptured due to this process. Dr. Iskander restored the mummy to its
original form. (See link on page below.)Duathathor-Henttawy-A
Isetemkheb I: Secondary
Queen of Pinudjem I
Tentnabekhenu: Secondary
Queen of Pinudjem I
Nesikhonsu:
Wife of Pinudjem II, buried in DB320 She was the
daughter of the High Priest of Amun
Nesibanebdjedet and his wife Tahentdjehuty. She held the titles: "first
chief of the concubines of Amen-Re, King of the Gods, majordomo of the
house of Mut the great,
lady of Ashru; prophetess of Anhur-Shu the son of Re; prophetess of
Min,
Horus, and Isis in Ipu; prophetess of Horus, lord of Diuef; god's
mother of Khons the child, first one of Amen-Re, King of Gods; and
chief of the noble ladies".
Buried in DB320 in year 5 of Siamun. Her burial
included a religious decree that was to ensure her well-being in the
next world, as well as prevent her from doing harm to her husband and
children from there (!). Her children include Tjanefer (II), Masaharta
(III), Itawy and Nesitanebtashru. Neskhons
Isetemkheb III: Wife of
Pinudjem II, buried in DB320
Her coffins, canopics and other funerary equipment were buried with
her. A much earlier set of her coffins were reused for the burial of
Nesikhonsu. DB320
may be her original place of burial.Isiemkheb
21th Dynasty - Tanis
Tentamun: Wife of Nesibanebdjed (Smendes). Daughter of
Ramesses XI?
Titles: ?
Mutnodjemet: Wife of Psusennes I. Possibly a daughter of
Pinudjem I and Henuttawy?
Titles: Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt),
King’s Daughter (s3t-niswt), King’s Sister (snt-niswt), Lady of The Two
Lands (nbt-t3wy), Second Prophet of Amun.
Wiay: Wife of Psusennes
I. Mother of the King's Daughter Isetemkheb. Her daughter later married
the High Priest of Amun Menkheperre and was the mother of Pinedjem II.
22nd Dynasty - Libyan Dynasty
Karomama I: Wife of Shoshenq I and mother of Osorkon I
Penreshnes Secondary wife of Shoshenq I and mother of
Nimlot
Tashedkhonsu: She was a secondary Queen of Osorkon I and
the mother of Takelot I
Maatkare: Wife of Osorkon I and daughter of Psusennes II,
mother of Shoshenq II
Nesitanebetashru: Wife of Shoshenq II. Mother of the
High Priest of Amun Harsiese who would later proclaim himself King.
Kapes: Wife of Takelot I
and mother of Osorkon II.
Isetemkheb IV: Wife of Osorkon III
Djedmutesankh: Wife of Osorkon III
Karomama II: Sister-Wife of Osorkon III
Tadibast: Wife of Shoshenq III
Tentamenopet: Wife of Shoshenq III
Djedbastiusankh: Wife of Shoshenq III
23rd Dynasty
Karoma III Merymut: Possibly wife of Seshonq IV. Mother of Osorkon III.
Karoatjet: Wife of
Osorkon III and mother of the God's Wife of Amun Shepenwepet I.
Tentsai: Wife of Osorkon
III and mother of Takelot III.
Irbastnubnefru: Wife of
the King of Heracleopolis Payeftjauenbastet. Daughter of King Rudamun.
24th
Dynasty
Not much is known about
the Queens from this royal family.
25th Dynasty - Nubian Dynasty
Tabiry,
King’s Daughter and King’s Wife. Daughter
of Alara and wife of Piye. She held some interesting titles: Main
King’s Wife (the only other queen to hold this title was Nefertiti) and
“the great one of the foreign country” (ta-aat-khesut). Buried in a
pyramid at Kurru. (Dodson –Hilton, Grajetzki) http://users.pandora.be/royalnames/nubians/royals/tabiry.htm
Khensa
King’s Daughter, King’s Sister and King’s
Wife. Mentioned on a statue with Piye, and therefore associated with
him. Buried in Kurru. Attested in both Nubia and Egypt. (Dodson
–Hilton, Grajetzki) Known from Granite offering-stone from stair in
Boston, alabaster
offering-stone, various alabaster vases, all with double cartouches and
varying titles, steatite ball in Boston, silver basin in Boston
(Dunham and Macadam) http://users.pandora.be/royalnames/nubians/royals/khe%F1sa.htm
Abar:
King’s Mother, King’s Sister, Mistress of the
foreign lands, Lady of Upper and Lower Egypt. Mother of King Taharqa
and most likely a wife of Piye. (Dodson –Hilton, Grajetzki) Pyramid: El
Kurru 53 http://users.pandora.be/royalnames/nubians/royals/abalo.htm
Peksater,
King’s Daughter and Great Royal Wife.
Mentioned in Gebel Barkal, and on monuments of courtiers, Buried in
Abydos. (Dodson –Hilton) http://users.pandora.be/royalnames/nubians/royals/peksater.htm
Neferukakashta?
Wife of Piye, and possibly a daughter of Kashta. Known from a shabti
(Dunham and Macadam)
Qalhata
King’s Sister, King’s Mother. Wife of Shabaka and mother of the later
King Tanutamun (Dodson –Hilton).
Pyramid: El-Kurru 5. http://users.pandora.be/royalnames/nubians/royals/qalhata.htm
Arty
(Irty, Araty) King’s Daughter , King’s Wife, etc. Wife of Shebitqa.
(Dodson –Hilton, Grajetzki) Tomb El-Kurru 6. http://users.pandora.be/royalnames/nubians/royals/irty.htm
Tabekenamun
? King’s Daughter , King’s Wife King’s Sister etc. Wife of Taharqa or
Shebitqa. (Dodson –Hilton, Grajetzki)
Naparaye.
King’s Sister, King’s Wife, etc. Wife of
Taharqa. Buried in el-Kurru pyramid 3. (Dodson –Hilton, Grajetzki)
Known from an alabaster offering stone. http://users.pandora.be/royalnames/nubians/royals/naparaye.htm
Takahatamun
King’s Sister, King’s Wife, etc. Wife
of Taharqa. Shown behind Taharqa in Gebel Barkal Temple. (Dodson
–Hilton, Grajetzki) Daughter of Piye (Dunham and Macadam)
Inscription at Barkal. Reisner proposed Nuri 21 as her pyramid. http://users.pandora.be/royalnames/nubians/royals/takahatamani.htm
Atakhebasken,
Great Royal Wife. Possibly a wife of
Taharqa, buried in a puramid in Nuri. (Dodson –Hilton, Grajetzki)
Pyramid Nuri 36. http://users.pandora.be/royalnames/nubians/royals/atakhebasken.htm
[A]salka. Mother of
Atlanersa and possibly wife of Taharqa (or Tanutamun). (Dunham and
Macadam)
Piankharty
(Piye-Arty, Piye-irty), King’s Sister
and King’s Wife. Sister-wife of Tanutamun. Daughter of Shabaka (Dodson
–Hilton) http://users.pandora.be/royalnames/nubians/royals/piye-irty.htm
Isetemkheb.
Great Royal Wife, King’s Sister and
King’s Daughter. Daughter of Shabaka, wife of Tanutamun, buried in
Abydos. (Dodson –Hilton) http://users.pandora.be/royalnames/nubians/royals/istemkhebit.htm
?
Maloqi (Malakaye), King’s wife. Buried in Nuri tomb 59. Possibly
a
wife of Tanutamun. (Grajetzki) Heart scarab in Boston 20.646 http://users.pandora.be/royalnames/nubians/royals/maloqaye.htm
26th Dynasty -
Saite Period
Mehytenweskhet: She was the wife of Psamtik I. Daughter
of the Vizier Harsiese and mother of the God's Wife Nitocris and the
next king Necho II.
Khedebneithirbinet I: Wife of Necho II and mother of
Psamtik II.
Titles:
King's Wife and King's Mother. A shabti of a Queen Neithkedbirebint is in the Petrie
museum collection UC 38084. This queen is dated to dynasty 30 on the
Petrie website.
Takhuit: She was the wife of Psamtik II and the mother of
Apries (Wahibre) as the God's Wife Ankhnesneferibre. Buried in
Athribis. Her tomb was discovered in 1950.
Nakhtubasterau: Wife of the usurper Ahmose II.
Tentkheta: Wife of the usurper Ahmose II.
Merytnebes: Queen
mentioned on a basalt fragment. Dated to the 26th dynasty? UC14744 http://www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk/
27th Dynasty - Persian occupation
Several Persian Queens are known
28th-29th Dynasty
No known Queens
30th Dynasty
Udjasju: Wife of
Nectanebo I and mother of King Teos (Djaho or Djedhor). A fragment of a
shabti gives Udjashu the title mwt-nsw (King's Mother) UC38083 http://www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk/
Ptolemais: Wife of
Nectanebo I
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