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Merneith
Sign in to saveMerneith (also written Merit-neith and Meryt-Neith; died 2950 BC) was a consort and a regent of Ancient Egypt during the First Dynasty.
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Merneith was a historical figure who lived in 3000 BCE. The subject is associated with a single recorded work and has been referenced by 261 other encyclopedia articles.
Information regarding specific occupations, notable awards, or professional affiliations is not provided in the available records.
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Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Merneith
- Royalty.image
- Merneith stele.jpg150px
- Royalty.caption
- Tomb stela of Merneith from the Umm el-Qa'ab
- Royalty.succession
- Regent of Egypt
- Royalty.reign
- 2965 BC
- Royalty.reign type
- Regency
- Royalty.predecessor
- Djet
- Royalty.dynasty
- 1st Dynasty
- Royalty.spouse
- Djet
- Royalty.issue
- Den
- Royalty.successor
- Den
- Royalty.death_date
- 2950 BC
- Royalty.burial_place
- Tomb Y, Umm El Qa'ab, Sohag, Egypt
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Ancient Egypt
- Spouse
- Djet
- Child
- Den
- Father
- Djer
- Occupation
- statesperson
- Position held
- pharaoh
- Family
- First Dynasty of Egypt
- Noble title
- queen
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Merneith (also written Merit-neith and Meryt-Neith; died 2950 BC) was a consort and a regent of Ancient Egypt during the First Dynasty.
She may have been a ruler of Egypt in her own right, based on several official records. If this was the case and the earlier royal wife Neithhotep never ruled as an independent regent, Merneith may have been the first female pharaoh and the earliest queen regnant in recorded history. Her rule occurred around 2950 BC for an undetermined period. Merneith's name means "Beloved by Neith" and her stele contains symbols of that ancient Egyptian deity. She may have been Djer's daughter and was probably Djet's senior royal wife. The former meant that she would have been the great-granddaughter of unified Egypt's first pharaoh, Narmer. She was also the mother of Den, her successor.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Merneith” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.