Ankhesenpepi I
Queen consort of Egypt
Burial
Unknown
SpousePharaoh Pepi I
IssueMerenre Nemtyemsaf I
DynastySixth dynasty of Egypt
FatherKhui
MotherNebet
ReligionAncient Egyptian religion
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Era: Old Kingdom
(2686–2181 BC)

Ankhesenpepi I (also Ankhenespepi I or Ankhenesmeryre I) was a queen consort during the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt.

Biography

Ankhesenpepi was a daughter of the female vizier Nebet and her husband Khui, nomarch of Abydos. Ankhesenpepi's sister was Ankhenespepi II, and her brother was Vizier Djau.[1]

Both sisters – Ankhesenpepi I and II – were married to Pharaoh Pepi I whose throne name was Meryre; their name was probably taken when the marriage took place, since it means "Her life belongs to Pepi/Meryre". Both queens gave birth to successors of Pepi: the son of Ankhesenpepi I was Merenre Nemtyemsaf I, who ruled only for a few years; the son of Ankhenespepi II was Pepi II, who succeeded after Nemtyemsaf's death.[2]

She is mentioned together with her sister on their brother's stela in Abydos, also, at her pyramid, on an inscription now in Berlin, and a decree in Abydos.[3]

Her titles were: King's Wife, King's Mother, Great of Sceptre.[3]

See also

Sources

  1. ↑ Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, 2004, ISBN 0-500-05128-3, pp.16,73
  2. ↑ Dodson & Hilton, p.71
  3. 1 2 Dodson & Hilton, p.74
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