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Tiye
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Tiye (c. 1398 BC – 1338 BC, also spelled Tye, Taia, Tiy and Tiyi) was the Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III, mother of pharaoh Akhenaten and grandmother of pharaoh Tutankhamun; her parents were Yuya and Thuya. In 2010, DNA analysis confirmed her as the mummy known as "The Elder Lady" found in the tomb of Amenhotep II (KV35) in 1898.
Key facts
- Royalty.succession
- Queen consort of Egypt
- Royalty.reign
- c. 1390 BC – 1353 BC(37–50 years)
- Royalty.reign type
- Tenure
- Royalty.image
- Ägyptisches Museum Berlin 027 detail 01.jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Bust of Tiye, now in the Ägyptisches Museum in Berlin, Germany
- Royalty.spouse
- Amenhotep III
- Royalty.issue
- SitamunIsetHenuttanebNebetahThutmoseAkhenaten"The Younger Lady" (probably)Smenkhkare (possibly)Beketaten (possibly)
- Royalty.native_lang1
- Egyptian name
- Royalty.native_lang1_name1
- U33-i-i-Z4-B7
- Royalty.dynasty
- 18th of Egypt
- Royalty.father
- Yuya
- Royalty.mother
- Thuya
- Royalty.birth_date
- 1398 BC
- Royalty.birth_place
- Akhmim, Upper Egypt
- Royalty.death_date
- 1338 BC (aged 40–60 years)
- Royalty.burial_place
- Royal Tomb of Akhenaten, Amarna (original tomb)KV55, The Valley of the Kings, Thebes (reburial?)Mummy found in the KV35 royal cache (Theban Necropolis)
- Royalty.religion
- Ancient Egyptian religion
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Ancient Egypt
- Place of birth
- Akhmim
- Place of death
- Thebes
- Spouse
- Amenhotep III
- Child
- Beketaten
- Father
- Yuya
- Mother
- Tjuyu
- Sibling
- Anen
- Occupation
- consort
- Position held
- pharaoh
- Religion
- religion of ancient Egypt
- Noble title
- queen consort
- Image
- Ägyptisches Museum Berlin 027 detail 01.jpg
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- Tiye
- date of birth
- 1398-01-01
- date of death
- 1338-01-01
- place of burial
- KV35
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Tiye (c. 1398 BC – 1338 BC, also spelled Tye, Taia, Tiy and Tiyi) was the Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III, mother of pharaoh Akhenaten and grandmother of pharaoh Tutankhamun; her parents were Yuya and Thuya. In 2010, DNA analysis confirmed her as the mummy known as "The Elder Lady" found in the tomb of Amenhotep II (KV35) in 1898.
==Family and early life== left|thumb|Depiction of Tiye's father Yuya in his copy of the Book of the Dead|260x260px Tiye's father, Yuya, was a non-royal, wealthy landowner from the Upper Egyptian town of Akhmim, where he served as a priest and superintendent of oxen or commander of the chariotry. Tiye's mother, Thuya, was involved in many religious cults, as her different titles attested (Singer of Hathor, Chief of the Entertainers of both Amun and Min...). Sometimes it is believed that Thuya is likely to be of royal descent.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tiye” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.