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| Name |
Tuya (Thuya) of EGYPT |
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queen |
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Female |
| Death |
Yes, date unknown |
| Notes |
- «b»http://fabpedigree.com/s025/f193738.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Tuya
Queen Tuya«/b» (also called «b»Tuy«/b» or «u»«b»Mut «/u»-Tuya«u»«/b»[1]«/u») was the wife of «u»Pharaoh «/u» «u»Seti I «/u» of «u»Egypt «/u» and mother of «u»Ramesses II «/u», «u»Princess Tia «/u» and perhaps «u»Henutmire «/u». She was the daughter of «u»Raia «/u» who was a military officer based on his title of Lieutenant of the chariotry.«u»[2]«/u» Tuya's daughter Princess Tia was married to an a high ranking civil servant with and identical name: Tia.«u»[3]
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As the mother of Ramesses II, enjoyed a privileged existence of a respected king's mother and was allowed the opportunity to correspond with the Hittite royal court after the Year 21 peace treaty between Egypt and Hatti under Ramesses II. A "graceful standing statue of the queen" is today housed "in the «u»Vatican Museum «/u» where Tuya appears with her daughter or granddaughter «u»Hentmire «/u»"«u»[4]«/u» while a carved alabaster canopic jar stopper in the form of her head today resides in the collection of the «u»Luxor Museum «/u».«u»[5]«/u» Tuya likely died soon after Year 22 of Ramesses' reign and was buried in an impressive tomb in the Valley of the Queens (QV80).«u»[6]«/u» In her tomb, Tuya
"was stripped of the first part of her name to become plain Tuya for eternity; the loss of the prefix «u»Mut «/u»- suggests that her death had ended in an almost divine earthly status."«u»[7]«/u»
«b»References
«u»1. ^«/u»«/b» Joyce Tyldesley, Ramesses: Egypt's Greatest Pharaohs, Penguin Books, 2000. p.116
«u»«b»2. ^«/u»«/b» Tyldesley, p.116
«u»«b»3. ^«/u»«/b» Tyldesley, p.116
«u»«b»4. ^«/u»«/b» Tyldesley, p.122
«u»«b»5. ^«/u»«/b» C. Desroche Noblecourt, "Abou Simbel, Ramses, et les dames de la couronne" in E. Bleiberg & R. Freed (eds) «i»Fragments of a Shattered Visage: the Proceedings of the International Symposium of Ramesses the Great«/i», 1991. Memphis: p.129
«u»«b»6. ^«/u»«/b» Tyldesley, p.122
«u»«b»7. ^«/u»«/b» Tyldesley, p.122
«tab» Grajetzki, Wolfram (2005) «i»Ancient Egyptian Queens \endash a hieroglyphic dictionary«/i»
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I61729 |
Glenn Cook Family |
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