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Labarna I

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Hittite king

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Labarna I was a male human who served as a monarch. He was born in 1650 BCE in Kussara and died in 1600 BCE in the same location. His father was Papahdilmah, and his sibling was Hattusili I. He was married to Tawananna.

Labarna I was buried in Kussara.

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Key facts

Occupation
King of Hittite empire
Spouse
Tawannanna
Children
several sons

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Place of birth
Kussara
Place of death
Kussara
Spouse
Tawananna
Occupation
monarch
Image
Museum of Anatolian Civilizations054 kopie1.jpg
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date of death
1600-00-00
date of birth
1650-00-00
place of burial
Kussara
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Encyclopedic overview

Labarna was the traditional first king of the Hittites, c. early 17th century BC (middle chronology), the most accepted chronology nowadays. He was the traditional founder of the Hittite Old Kingdom. His wife was Tawananna.

The existence of Labarna is questioned by some modern scholars. Labarna was also a title of early Hittite rulers, such as Hattusili I. Given the relatively few contemporaneous references to Labarna personally, some scholars have suggested that pioneering Hittitologists may have erred in assuming that Labarna was the personal name of a king. According to this theory, the first Labarna (in the sense of a title) was actually Hattusili I, who is normally regarded as the second Labarna.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Labarna I” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.