Ancient Egypt
         

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Kings and Queens

4th dynasty
Seneferu, Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure, Djedefre, etc.

11th dynasty
Kings named Mentuhotep and Intef
12th dynasty
Amenemhet I - IV,
Senusret I-III

18th dynasty
Amenhotep I-IV,
Tuthmosis I-IV, Akhenaten, Tutankhamen, Aye, Horemheb, etc.
19th dynasty
Sety I-II, Ramesses I-II, Merenptah, Amenmesses, Tawosret.

20th dynasty
Sethnakht, Ramesses III
Ramesses IV - XI




Cleopatra VII Philopator
Queens (D1-6)- Old Kingdom
Queens (D11-13) Middle Kingd.
Queens (D16-20)- New Kingdom
Queens (D21-29)- Late Period


 

Officials, Priesthood etc.
Viziers (New Kingdom)
High Priests of Amun
God's Wives of Amun
High Priests of Ptah
Viceroys of Nubia
Who's who of New Kingdom


Amarna Period
Akhenaten
Queen Nefertiti
inscriptions Queen Nefertiti.
Queen Kiya
Smenkhare
Tutankhamen
Tombs at Amarna
Houses at Amarna
 
Tombs:
Valley of the Kings,
Valley of the Queens
Theban Tombs,
Tombs at Abydos
Tombs at El Kab
Tombs in Aswan
Early dynastic Saqqara
New Kingdom Saqqara
The Unis Cemetary
 
Mastabas at the Giza Plateau
Giza Mastabas 1000 cemetary
Giza Mastaba 2000 cemetary
Giza Mataba 2300 cemetary
Giza Mastaba 4000 cemetary
Giza Mastaba 5000 cemetary
Giza Mastaba 6000 cemetary
Giza Mastaba 7000 cemetary
 

Mummy Caches
Tomb DB320
Tomb KV35


Links

A list of Queens of Ancient Egypt

New Kingdom



The names of these Queens and the titles have been taken mailny from:
Dodson and Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt
W. Grajetzki: Ancient Egyptian Queens: a hieroglyphic dictionary.
Some information comes from Kitchen's books on Ramesside Inscriptions.

These books have much more detailed information about these Queens :)



Second Intermediate Period


14th dynasty:

Only know of royal sisters, not royal wives

16th Dynasty

Mentuhotep: Wife of Djehuty. Daughter of Senebhenaef and Sobekhotep.
Titles:
Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt)
United with the White Crown (khnmt-nfr-hdjt)

Sitmut: Wife of King Mentuhotep (IV?). Mother of Prince Herunefer.
Titles: Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt)



17th Dynasty


Nubkhaes: Wife of Sobekemsaf I. Buried with her husband. Their tomb is mentioned in the tomb robbery papyrus from the 20th  dynasty
Titles: Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt)

Sobekemsaf (B): Wife of Inyotef VI and sister of an unknown king. Buried in Edfu, where her tomb was robbed in the 19th century.
Titles:
King’s Wife (hmt-nisw), Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt)
United with the White Crown (khnmt-nfr-hdjt)
King’s Daughter (s3t-niswt)
King’s Sister (snt-niswt)

Haankes: Possibly a wife of Inyotef VII
Titles: King’s Wife (hmt-niswt)

Nubemhat: Wife of  Sobekemsaf II. Known from a stela. She was the mother of the King’s Daughter Sobekemhab, who was married to the King’s Son Ameny.
Titles: Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt)

Tetisheri: She was the wife of  king Senakhtenre-Tao I and the mother of  king Tao II Also the mother of Queen Ahhotep I and possibly the mother of Kamose? Tetisheri was the daughter of the nobleman Tjenna and his wife Neferu.
Titles:
Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt)
King’s Mother (mwt-niswt)
King’s Wife (hmt-nisw)

Ahhotep I: She was both the wife and sister of Sekenenre'-Ta'o II, who died in a battle against the Hyksos. Possibly the mother of the princes Ahmose, Binpu, Ahmose-Sipair and the Princesses Ahmose-Nefertari, Ahmose-Henutemipet, Ahmose-Tumerisy, Ahmose-Nebatta, and Meryetamun.
Titles:
Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt)
King’s Daughter (s3t-niswt)
King’s Sister (snt-niswt)
King’s Mother (mwt-niswt)
God’s Wife (hmt-ntr).

Ahhotep II: Possibly a wife of Kamose? She may be identical with Ahhotep I. Known from a coffin reburied in Dra-Abu-el-Naga.
Titles: Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt)

Inhapi: She was likely a lesser wife of King Taa II and a daughter of King Taa I. She was the mother of Princess Ahmose-Henut-tamehu.
Titles:
King’s Wife (hmt-nisw)
King’s Daughter (s3t-niswt)

Sit-djehuty: She was likely a lesser wife of King Taa II and a daughter of King Taa I. She was the mother of Princess Ahmose.
Titles:
King’s Wife (hmt-nisw)
King’s Daughter (s3t-niswt)
King’s Sister (snt-niswt)

Kasmut: Royal woman from the early 18th or late 17th dynasty depicted in the tomb of Khabeknet.
Titles: God’s Mother (mwt-ntr)

Tures: Royal woman from the early 18th or late 17th dynasty depicted in the tomb of Khabeknet.
Titles: King’s Wife (hmt-nisw)

Sit-ir-bau: Royal woman from the early 18th or late 17th dynasty depicted in the tomb of Khabeknet.
Titles: 
God's Wife (hmt-ntr)
Lady of The Two Lands (nbt-t3wy)

Ta-khered-qa:  Royal woman from the early 18th or late 17th dynasty depicted in the tomb of Khabeknet.
Titles:
God's Wife (hmt-ntr)
Lady of The Two Lands (nbt-t3wy)

New Kingdom

18th Dynasty


Ahmose Nefertari:
She was the wife of King Ahmose I and the mother of Amenhotep I, Prince Ahmose-Ankh, Meryetamun, Sitamun and possibly other sons and daughters. She was the daughter of Sekenenre'-Ta'o II and Queen Ahhotep.
Her son, Amenhotpe I, gave her many honors. When she died, she shared a mortuary temple and a tomb with him.
Titles:
Hereditary Princess (iryt-p`t)
Great of Grace (wrt-im3t), Great of Praises (wrt-hzwt)
King’s Mother (mwt-niswt)
Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt)
God’s Wife (hmt-ntr)
United with the White Crown (khnmt-nfr-hdjt)
King’s Daughter (s3t-niswt)
King’s Sister (snt-niswt)

Ahmose Nefertari and her son Amenhotep I offering to Osiris.

Sat-Kamose: Possibly a wife of King Ahmose. The God’s Wife title may be posthumous. She may be a daughter of King Kamose.
Titles:
King’s Wife (hmt-nisw)
Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt)
God’s Wife (hmt-ntr)
King’s Daughter (s3t-niswt)
King’s Sister (snt-niswt).

Ahmose-Henut-tamehu: Daughter of Queen Inhapi. Possibly a wife of King Ahmose.
Titles:
King’s Wife (hmt-nisw), Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt)
King’s Daughter (s3t-niswt)
King’s Sister (snt-niswt).

Ahmose-Merytamon: She was a wife of Amenhotep I and the daughter of 'Ahmose I. Her mummified remains were among those discovered at Deir El-Bahri that were re-wrapped and buried by 20th dynasty priests. She appears to have died in her early thirties and had arthritis and scoliosis.
Titles:
Lady of The Two Lands (nbt-t3wy)
King’s Wife (hmt-nisw), Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt)
Mistress of the Entire Two Lands (hnwt-t3wy-tm)
God’s Wife (hmt-ntr)
United with the White Crown (khnmt-nfr-hdjt),
King’s Daughter (s3t-niswt)
King’s Sister (snt-niswt).
Later: King’s Mother (mwt-niswt)

Senisonbe: Mother of Tuthmosis I; her husband is unknown.
Title: King’s Mother (mwt-niswt)


The Queen Mother Sen-seneb (Senisonbe)

Ahmose: She was a wife of Tuthmosis I and the mother of Hatshepsut
Titles:
Hereditary Princess (iryt-p`t)
Great of Praises (wrt-hzwt)
Mistress of Great Beloved Sweetness (nebt-bnrt-‘3(t)-mrwt),
Great King’s Wife, his beloved (hmt-niswt-wrt meryt.f)
Mistress of Gladness (hnwt-ndjm-ib)
Lady of all Women (hnwt-hmwt-nbwt)
Mistress of the Two Lands (hnwt-t3wy),
Companion of Horus (zm3yt-hrw), Beloved Companion of Horus (zm3yt-hrw-mryt.f)
King’s Sister (snt-niswt)


Queen Ahmose with her husband Tuthmosis I and a daughter named Neferubity

Mutnofret: She was a lesser ranked wife of Tuthmosis I and the mother of Tuthmosis II. Probably  a daughter of King Ahmose.
Titles:
King’s Mother (mwt-niswt)
King’s Wife (hmt-nisw)
King’s Sister (snt-niswt)
King’s Daughter (s3t-niswt)

Hatshepsut: (Queen-Pharoah): She was the wife and half sister of Tuthmosis II. She was the daughter of Tuthmosis I and Queen Ahmose. She  had a daughter by the name of Princess Neferure.
Titles:
Hereditary Princess (iryt-p`t)
Great of Praises (wrt-hzwt)
Mistress of the Two Lands (hnwt-t3wy)
Great King’s Wife, his beloved (hmt-niswt-wrt meryt.f)
God’s Wife (hmt-ntr),
United with the White Crown (khnmt-nfr-hdjt),
King’s Sister (snt-niswt)



Hatshepsut (Met Museum / Leiden)

Isis: She was a lesser wife of Tuhthmosis II. Mother of Tuthmosis III.
Titles:
Hereditary Princess (iryt-p`t)
Great of Praises (wrt-hzwt)
King’s Mother (mwt-niswt)
Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt), Great King’s Wife, his beloved (hmt-niswt-wrt meryt.f),
God’s Wife (hmt-ntr)
Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt (hnwt-Shm’w T3-mhw)


Queen Isis

Neferure: Daughter of Hatshepsut and Tuthmosis II. Served as God’s Wife after her mother. The Queenly titles come from an inscription later usurped for Tuthmosis’ mother?
Titles:
King’s Daughter (s3t-niswt)
God’s Wife (hmt-ntr),
Possibly: Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt), Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt (hnwt-Shm’w T3-mhw).

Merytre-Hatshepsut: She was a wife of Tuthmosis III and the mother of Amenhotep II. Also the mother of Prince Menkheperre and the Princesses Nebetiunet, Merytamun (2 girls by that name) and Isis.
Titles:
Hereditary Princess (iryt-p`t)
Sole One, Great of Praises (wrt-hzwt-w’tit)
King’s Mother (mwt-niswt),
Lady of The Two Lands (nbt-t3wy)
King’s Wife (hmt-nisw), Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt),
God’s Wife (hmt-ntr), God’s Hand (djrt-ntr)



Merytre-Hatshepsut, wife of Tuthmosis III
and mother of Amenhotep III

Satiah: Wife of Tuthmosis III. Probably mother of Prince Amenemhat
Titles:
King’s Wife (hmt-nisw), Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt)
God’s Wife (hmt-ntr).



Queens Merytre (-Hatshepsut), Satiah and Nebtu behind Tuthmosis III
Queen Isis is shown in the boat behind her son.


Nebetu: Wife of Tuthmosis III. Depicted in his tomb. An official Nebamun was the administrator of her estates.
Titles: King’s Wife (hmt-nisw)

Menhat, Menwi, and Merut: Three royal wives of Tuthmosis III whose burial was found in Thebes. Possibly daughters of Syrian chieftains.
Titles: King’s Wife (hmt-nisw)

Nebsemi: Queen mentioned on a fragment of a statue found in the funerary temple of Tuthmosis III. She may have been one of his minor wives.
Titles: King’s Wife (hmt-nisw), King’s Wife, his beloved (hmt-nisw meryt.f)

Tiaa: Wife of Amenhotep II and the mother of Tuthmosis IV.
Titles:
Hereditary Princess (iryt-p`t), Hereditary Princess in the Per-Wer (iryt-p`t-pr-wr)
Great of Grace (wrt-im3t)
Great of Praises (wrt-hzwt)
Sweet of Love (bnrt-mrwt)
She who sees Horus and Seth (m33t-hrw-stsh)
King’s Mother (mwt-niswt)
King’s Wife (hmt-nisw), Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt), Wife of the Dual King (hmt-nisw-bit)
God’s Wife (hmt-ntr), God’s Hand (djrt-ntr)
Mistress of the Entire Two Lands (hnwt-t3wy-tmw)
Attendant of Horus (kht-hrw)
Lady of all Women (hnwt-hmwt-nbwt),
Daughter of Geb (s3t-Gb),
?? (shsmwt-shndt)



Queen Tiaa seated next to her son Tuthmosis IV

Nefertari: Wife of Tuthmosis IV. Attested at Giza and Luxor.
Titles: Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt)

Iaret (Wadjet?): Sister and wife of King Tuthmosis IV.
Titles:
King’s Daughter (s3t-niswt), Great King’s Daughter (s3t-niswt-wrt)
King’s Sister (snt-niswt)
Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt)



Queen Iaret accompanies her husband Tuthmosis IV

Tenettepihu: This Queen is known from a shabti and funerary statue. Thought to date to the time of Tuthmosis IV?
Titles:
Hereditary Princess (iryt-p`t)
Great of Praises (wrt-hzwt)
Sweet of Love (bnrt-mrwt)
King’s Wife, his beloved (hmt-nisw meryt.f), Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt)

Mutemwiya: Minor wife of Tuthmosis IV. She was also the mother of Tuthmosis' heir, Amenhotep III. Became more prominent during the reign of her son. She was buried at Thebes.
Titles:
God’s Wife (hmt-ntr)
Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt), Great King’s Wife, his beloved (hmt-niswt-wrt meryt.f)
Lady of The Two Lands (nbt-t3wy)
Hereditary Princess (iryt-p`t)
Great of Praises (wrt-hzwt)
Sweet of Love (bnrt-mrwt)
Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt (hnwt-Shm’w-mhw)
God’s Mother (mwt-ntr)



Queen Mutemwia

Tiye: Wife of Amenhotep III. Daughter of Yuya and Tuya. She was the mother of Akhenaten, Tuthmose, Sitamun, Henut-taneb, Isis, Nebet-iah, and Baketaten.
Titles:
Hereditary Princess (iryt-p`t)
Great of Praises (wrt-hzwt)
Sweet of Love (bnrt-mrwt)
Lady of The Two Lands (nbt-t3wy)
King’s Wife (hmt-nisw), Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt), King’s Wife, his beloved (hmt-nisw meryt.f),
Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt (hnwt-Shm’w-mhw)
Mistress of the Two Lands (hnwt-t3wy)



Queen Tiye

Sitamun: Daughter of Amenhotep III and Queen Tiy. She became Amenhotep III's wife in ca year 30 of his reign.
Titles:
Great King’s Daughter, his beloved (s3t-niswt-wrt-meryt.f), King’s Daughter (s3t-niswt)
Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt)



Queen Sitamen

Isis (II): Daughter-wife of Amenhotep III.
Titles:
King’s Wife (hmt-nisw)
King’s Daughter (s3t-niswt)

Nefertiti: Great wife of Akhenaten. Mother to six daughters: Merytaten, Meketaten, Ankhesenpaaten, Neferneferuaten-tasherit, Neferure, Setepenre.
Titles:
Hereditary Princess (iryt-p`t)
Great of Praises (wrt-hzwt)
Lady of Grace (nbt-im3t)
Sweet of Love (bnrt-mrwt)
Lady of The Two Lands (nbt-t3wy),
Main King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-‘3t), Main King’s Wife, his beloved (hmt-niswt-‘3t meryt.f)
Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt), Great King’s Wife, his beloved (hmt-niswt-wrt meryt.f)
Lady of all Women (hnwt-hmwt-nbwt)
Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt (hnwt-Shm’w-mhw)



Queen Nefertiti

Kiya: She was a lesser ranked wife of Akhenaten and is listed as "The favorite". Some have speculated that she was a foreign princess named Tadukhipa who was at first married to Amendotep III.
Titles: Doubly Beloved Main Wife of the Dual King (hmt-mrrty-‘3t-n-niswt-bity)



Queen Kiya

Meryt-aten: She was the wife of Smenkhare and the daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti. May have served as royal wife to her father as well.
Titles:
King’s Daughter of his body, his beloved (s3t-niswt-nt-kht.f-meryt.f)
Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt)
Full title on some Amarna monuments is:
King’s Daughter of his body, his beloved Meritaten, born of the great royal wife, his beloved, Lady of the Two Lands (Neferneferuaten)| may she live (s3t-niswt-nt-kht.f-meryt.f-mr-t-itn-ms-n-hmt-niswt-wrt-meryt.f-nbt-t3wy-(itn-nfr-u-nfr-tyit)| anx-s)



Queen Merytaten and Smenkhare (?)

Ankhesenamen:
She was the wife of Tutankhamen and the daughter of Queen Nefertiti and Akhenaten. She likely married Tutankhamen’s successor, Aya, who may also have been her grandfather.
Titles:
Hereditary Princess (iryt-p`t)
Great of Praises (wrt-hzwt)
Sweet of Love (bnrt-mrwt), Sweet of Love (ndjmt-mrwt)
Lady of  Grace (nbt-im3t)
Lady of  Love (nbt-mrwt)
Lady of The Two Lands (nbt-t3wy)
Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt), King’s Wife, his beloved (hmt-nisw meryt.f)
Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt (hnwt-Shm’w -mhw),
Full title on some Amarna monuments is:
King’s Daughter of his body, his beloved Ankhes-en-pa-aten, born of the great royal wife, his beloved, Lady of the Two Lands (Neferneferuaten)| may she live (s3t-niswt-nt-kht.f-meryt.f-anx-s-n-p3-itn-ms-n-hmt-niswt-wrt-meryt.f-nbt-t3wy-(itn-nfr-u-nfr-tyit)| anx-s)



Queen Ankhesenamen

Tey: Wife of Aya. Also known from the non-royal tomb of Aye in Amarna. There Tey has the title of wet-nurse and tutor of Queen Nefertiti.
Titles:
Hereditary Princess (iryt-p`t)
Great of Praises (wrt-hzwt)
Lady of The Two Lands (nbt-t3wy)
Great King’s Wife, his beloved (hmt-niswt-wrt meryt.f)
Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt (hnwt-Shm’w T3-mhw)

Mutnodjmet: Wife of Horemhab and was mentioned in the Armana reliefs. She was also depicted on Horemhabs' coronation reliefs. Buried in Horemheb’s tomb in Saqqara.
Titles:
Hereditary Princess (iryt-p`t)
Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt),
Great of Praises (wrt-hzwt)
Lady of  Grace (nbt-im3t)
Sweet of Love (bnrt-mrwt)
Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt (hnwt-Shm’w -mhw)
Songstress of Hathor (hsyt-nt-hwt-hrw)
Songstress of Amun (Sm’yt-nt-imnw)

Henut: Queen from the mid-18th dynasty. Known from cartouche found on canopic fragments.
Titles: King’s Wife (hmt-nisw)

Nebetnehat: Queen from the late-18th dynasty? Known from cartouche found on canopic fragments.
Titles:
Great King’s Wife, his beloved (hmt-niswt-wrt meryt.f)
Hereditary Princess (iryt-p`t)
Great of Praises (wrt-hzwt)
19th Dynasty


Sitre: She was the wife of Ramses I and the mother of Seti I. She may have been named Tia before her husband came to the throne (according to the 400 year stela.)
Titles:
Hereditary Princess (iryt-p`t)
Great of Praises (wrt-hzwt)
Sweet of Love (bnrt-mrwt)
Great King’s Mother (mwt-niswt-wrt)
God’s Mother (mwt-ntr)
Lady of Grace (nbt-im3t)
Lady of The Two Lands (nbt-t3wy)
King’s Wife (hmt-nisw), Great King’s Wife, his beloved (hmt-niswt-wrt meryt.f)
God’s Wife (hmt-ntr),
Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt (hnwt-Shm’w-mhw)



Queen Sitre at Abydos (Photo by Sesen)

Tuya or Mut-Tuya: Wife of Seti I. She was the daughter of Raia (Officer of Chariotry) and Ruia. Became high ranking lady at court during the reign of her son Ramesses II. A chapel at the Ramesseum was dedicated to Queen Tuya.
Titles:
Hereditary Princess (iryt-p`t)
Great one of the hetes-sceptre (wrt-hetes)
Great one of the harem of Amen (wrt-khnrt-n-imnw)
King’s Mother (mwt-niswt),
Great King’s Wife, his beloved (hmt-niswt-wrt meryt.f)
Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt (hnwt-Shm’w -mhw)



Queen (Mut-) Tuya

Nefertari Merytmut: She was a wife of Ramesses II and the mother of Princes Amenhirkhopshef, Prehirwenemef, and Mery-Atum, and  Princess Merytamen. Ramses II built a temple dedicated to her and the goddess Hathor at Abu Simbel, next to his own.
Titles:
Great of Praises (wrt-hzwt)
Sweet of Love (bnrt-mrwt)
Lady of Grace (nbt-im3t)
Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt), Great King’s Wife, his beloved (hmt-niswt-wrt meryt.f)
Lady of The Two Lands (nbt-t3wy)
Lady of all Lands (hnwt-t3w-nbw)
Wife of the Strong Bull (hmt-k3-nxt)
God’s Wife (hmt-ntr),
Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt (hnwt-Shm’w-mhw)



Queen Nefertari

Isetnofret: She was a second ranked wife of Ramses II. She was the mother of the Princes Ramesses, Khaemwaset and Merenptah and she was the mother of Princess-Queen Bint-Anath..
Titles:
Hereditary Princess (iryt-p`t)
Great of Praises (wrt-hzwt)
King’s Mother (mwt-niswt)
Mistress of the entire Two Lands (hnwt-t3wy-tm)
King’s Wife (hmt-nisw), Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt)



Queen Isetnofret

Maat Hornefrure:
Hittite Princess, daughter of Hattusilis and Queen Padukhepa. Wife of Ramses II.
Titles: 
Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt)
Mistress of the Two Lands (hnwt-t3wy)



Maathorneferure and her father

Bint-Anath:
Daughter-Wife of Ramesses II. The title of King’s Sister appears on a statue dating to the time of Merenptah. She may have married her brother when he came to the throne. Although some have speculated that it was her daughter who married Merenptah. Buried in QV71
Titles:
Hereditary Princess, the great first one (iryt-p`t-tpit-wrt)
Lady of The Two Lands (nbt-t3wy)
Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt)
Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt (hnwt-Shm’w -mhw)
King’s Daughter (s3t-niswt)
King’s Sister (snt-niswt)



Queen Bintanath

Merytamen: Daughter-Wife of Ramses II. Daughter of Queen Nefertari. Buried in QV68.
Titles:
Hereditary Princess, the great first one (iryt-p`t-tpit-wrt)
Lady of The Two Lands (nbt-t3wy)
Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt)
Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt (hnwt-Shm’w -mhw)
King’s Daughter (s3t-niswt), King’s Daughter, his beloved (s3t-niswt-mryt.f)
King’s Sister (snt-niswt)



Queen Merytamen

Nebet-tawy: Daughter-Wife of Ramses II. Buried in QV60.
Titles: 
Lady of The Two Lands (nbt-t3wy)
Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt)
Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt (hnwt-Shm’w -mhw)
King’s Daughter (s3t-niswt), King’s Daughter of his body, his beloved (s3t-niswt-nt-kht.f-mryt.f)



Queen Nebettawy

Henutmire: Probably Daughter-Wife of Ramses II. (Althought thought to be a Sister-Wife of Ramses II by some.) Buried in QV75.
Titles: 
Lady of The Two Lands (nbt-t3wy)
Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt),
Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt (hnwt-Shm’w -mhw)
King’s Daughter of his body, his beloved (s3t-niswt-nt-kht.f-mryt.f)



Queen Henutmire

Isetnofret (II): Queen of Merneptah. May be a daughter of Ramesses II or a daughter of Prince Khaemwaset. Mother of Prince Sety-Merenptah (the later Sey II) and Prince Khaemwaset. Possibly mother of Prince Merenptah and a Princess Isetnofret.
Titles:
Lady of The Two Lands (nbt-t3wy)
Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt),
Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt (hnwt-Shm’w -mhw)
King’s Wife (hmt-nisw)

Takhat: Mother of Amenmesse? Possibly a wife of Sety II? Statues originally depicting Amenmesse also showed a Queen Takhat who seems to have been a King’s Mother. The statues were later usurped by Sety II and Takhat appears as his wife. Takhat may have been a daughter of Ramesses II.
Titles:
Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt)?,
King’s Mother (mwt-niswt)
King’s Daughter (s3t-niswt)



Queen Takhat

Baktwerenre: Possibly a wife of Amenmesse? It’s also possible that this lady dates to the 20th dynasty and is the wife of Ramesses IX. Depicted in the Tomb of Amenmesse (KV10).
Titles:
Lady of The Two Lands (nbt-t3wy)
King’s Wife (hmt-niswt)



Baketwerenre, led before Osiris and Isis by Horus and Anubis. Lepsius, Abt III, band 7, Pg 202

Ta-Usert or Tawosret:  She was a Queen-Pharaoh. The widow of Seti II. She first served as regent for the heir, Siptah, but after 4 years, he disappeared and she took over as ruler of Egypt. She had a tomb in the Valley of the Kings (KV14), but it was unsurped by Sethnakht. Full names were: Satre-meramun (prenomen), Tausret-setpetenmut (nomen), Kanakht Merymaat-nebanemnisutmiitmu (Horus name), Geregkemet-wafkhasut (nebty name).
Titles:
Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt)
Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt (hnwt-Shm’w -mhw)
Lady of The Two Lands (nbt-t3wy)
Sweet of Love (bnrt-mrwt)
Lady of Grace (nbt-im3t)
God’s Wife (hmt-ntr)



Queen Tawosret



20th Dynasty


Satre Tameri?: A partial name appears in the tomb of Sethnakht (KV 14) and may read Satre Tameri. This tomb was originally cut for Queen Ta-Usert. Maybe a misreading of Satre Merytamen, a name for Tawosret?
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Tiye-Meren-Iset Wife of Sethnakht. Depicted in Abydos
Titles: none according to Grajetzki, but Dodson/Hilton list Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt), and King’s Mother (mwt-niswt)

Habadilat (Hubunradat): Habadilat is the mother of Queen Isis, one of the Queens of Ramesses III. The title of King’s wife is only mentioned in the tomb robbery papyrus. This papyrus mentions the theft of her silver coffin and a golden shroud. If she was a King’s wife during her life, then she may have been married to Sethnakht. Queen Isis does not have the title of King’s Daughter though.
Titles: none according to Dodson/Hilton but Grajetzki lists: King’s Mother (mwt-niswt), King’s Wife (hmt-nisw)

Isis or Isis-Ta-hemseret: Wife of Ramesses III and mother of Ramesses IV and Ramesses VI
Titles: Great King’s Wife, his beloved (hmt-niswt-wrt meryt.f), Lady of The Two Lands (nbt-t3wy), King’s Mother (mwt-niswt), God’s Wife (hmt-ntr)

Tiye: This wife of Ramses III was involved in a harem plot to assassinate him and place her son on the throne. The plot was discovered and the Queen and other members of the harem were tried in a royal court. Nothing is known of her fate.
Titles: King’s Wife (hmt-nisw)?

Tent-Opet or Dua-Tentopet: She was possibly a wife of Ramses IV and the mother of Ramses V.  Buried in QV 74.
Titles: King’s Mother (mwt-niswt), Lady of The Two Lands (nbt-t3wy), Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt), King’s Daughter (s3t-niswt), Adoratrice of the God (duat-ntr)


Queen Dua-Tentopet, from Lepsius, Abt III, Band 7, pg 242

Nubkhesed: Wife of Ramses V. Mother of  Princess Isis, who would later be the God’s Wife of Amun.
Titles: Great King’s Wife, his beloved (hmt-niswt-wrt meryt.f), Lady of The Two Lands (nbt-t3wy)

Tahenutwati: Queen mentioned in the Wilbour Papyrus. Possibly a wife of Ramesses V.
Titles: Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt)

Taweretenro: Queen mentioned in the Wilbour Papyrus. Possibly a wife of Ramesses V.
Titles: King’s Wife (hmt-nisw)

Nefertera: Possible wife of Ramesses VI. Mentioned in the tomb of Pennut in Aniba.
Titles: King’s Wife (hmt-nisw)

Takhat (B): Possibly the wife of Prince Mentuhirkhepesef B (a son of Ramesses III) and mother of Ramesses IX. Probably buried in KV10.
Titles: King’s Mother (mwt-niswt)



The Mother of the King Takhat

Baketwerenere: Possibly the wife of Ramesses IX. Buried in the usurped tomb of Amenmesse (KV10).
Titles: Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt)

Tyti: Possibly a wife of Ramesses X. Buried in QV52.
Titles: Hereditary Princess (iryt-p`t), Great of Praises (wrt-hzwt), Sweet of Love (bnrt-mrwt), God’s Mother (mwt-ntr),  :Lady of Grace (nbt-im3t), Lady of The Two Lands (nbt-t3wy), Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt), God’s Wife (hmt-ntr), Sistrum player of Amun (shmyt-imnw), King’s Daughter (s3t-niswt), King’s Sister (snt-niswt), King’s Mother (mwt-niswt).

Tentamun (A): Possible wife of Ramesses XI. Mother of Queen Henntawy (wife of Pinudjem I). Mentioned in funerary papyrus of her daughter.
Titles: none known.

Nesmut: Her tomb is mentioned as being robbed on papyrus Mayer A. Dates to the 19th or 20th dynasty.
Titles: King’s Wife (hmt-nisw)

Anuketemheb: Original owner of sarcophagus and canopic jars later used for Queen Takhat in KV10. Dates to the 19th or 20th dynasty.
Titles: King’s Daughter (s3t-niswt), King’s Wife (hmt-nisw), Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt)

Taiay: Name found on ostracon found in the Valley of the Kings. Dates to the 19th or 20th dynasty.
Titles: King’s Wife (hmt-nisw).





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