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Mar 31, 2017 · The wife of the first king, Narmer (c. 3150 BCE), Neithhotep is thought to have ruled following his death and it is certain that Queen Merneith (c. 2990 BCE) acted as regent for her son Den (c. 2990-2940 BCE), the fifth king of the First Dynasty and may have ruled on her own.
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Nitocris is royal wife of Merenra II in the novel Rhodopis of Nubia by Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz, which tells the fateful love story of Pharaoh Merenra II (successor to Pepi II, Six Dynasty) and the courtesan Rhodopis.
Nitocris was the beautiful and virtuous wife and sister of King Metesouphis II (Merenre II), an Old Kingdom monarch who had ascended to the throne at the end of the Sixth Dynasty but who had been savagely murdered by his subjects soon afterwards.
May 26, 2019 · The story of Nitocris in Herodotus’ The Histories goes like this: The name of the queen was Nitocris – the same as that of the Babylonian queen. They said that she avenged her brother.
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Nitocris (c. 660–584 bce) Reigned as Thebes' high-priestess for 70 years, linking upper Egypt with lower Egypt. Born around 660 bce; died in 584 bce; daughter of Nabu-Shezibanni, known as Psammetichus or Psametik; adopted by Shepenupet II, in 656.
Nitocris is said to have been the wife of Labynetus and mother of Labynetus. However, she represents a legendary composite of a queen alleged to have had an Assyrian background, mistakenly thought by Herodotus to have been responsible for major works in northern Mesopotamia and Babylon in the early 6th century bce.
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Queen Nitocris' Husband. Nitocris was reportedly a virtuous and beautiful woman who married King Metesouphis II and is believed to have also been his sister. It's been recorded that her husband was murdered, and the queen avenged the guilt before taking her own life.
