Maathorneferure

Also known as Sauskanu

Maathorneferure (Hieroglyphic: Mȝʿt-Ḥr-nfrw-Rʿ, Maʿat-ḥōr-nefrurēʿ) was an ancient Egyptian queen, the Great Royal Wife of Ramesses II (1279–1213 BC, according to the standard "Low Chronology" for Egypt).

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Royalty.father: Hattusili III
Royalty.name: Maathorneferure
Royalty.title: Queen consort of EgyptGreat Royal Wife, Mistress of the Two Lands
Royalty.image: Maathorneferure.jpg
Royalty.caption: Maathorneferure at Tanis
Royalty.native_lang1: Egyptian name
Royalty.native_lang1_name1: ra-D4-U2-t-G5-nfr-nfr-nfr
Royalty.birth_name: Šauškanu (?)
Royalty.birth_place: Hatti
Royalty.death_place: unknown
Royalty.burial_place: unknown
Royalty.spouse: Ramesses II
Royalty.issue: Neferure
Royalty.dynasty: 19th of Egypt
Royalty.mother: Puduhepa
Royalty.religion: Hittite religion (birth)Ancient Egyptian religion (conversion)

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==Family== Maathorneferure was a daughter of the Hittite king Hattusili III and his wife, Queen Puduhepa. She was the sister of the crown prince Nerikkaili of Hatti and the sister of the later Hittite king Tudhaliya IV. The Egyptian sources claim that Maathornefrure was the eldest daughter of her parents, specifically identified as the king and queen of the Hittites.

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