989: Hetepheres I Ancient Egyptian Queen Born: Before c. 2613 BC, Ancient Egypt Died: Most Likely After 2589 BC, Ancient Egypt One of her titles was “Daughter of God.” Hetepheres was the wife of Pharaoh Snefru and was a member of the royal family during Egypt’s Fourth Dynasty (c.2575-c.2465 BC). The fourth dynasty is best…
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987) Neferneferuaten Tasherit
Neferneferuaten and Her Sister Neferneferure 987: Neferneferuaten Tasherit Fourth Born of Nefertiti and Akhenaten’s Daughters Born: c.1344 BC, Akhetaten, Ancient Egypt (Present-day Amarna, Egypt) Died: Before c. 1333 BC, Possibly Akhetaten, Ancient Egypt (Present-day Amarna, Egypt) Also Known As: Neferneferuaten The Younger Her name has been translated as “Most Beautiful one of Aten, younger,” or…
986) Setepenre
Photo courtesy of Setepenre’s Wikipedia Article The carving depicts Setepenre (left) with Neferneferure and Neferneferuaten Tasherit 986: Setepenre Sixth Born of Nefertiti and Akhenaten’s Daughters Born: c.1343, Akhetaten, Ancient Egypt (Present-day Amarna, Egypt) Died: c. 1338, Akhetaten, Ancient Egypt (Present-day Amarna, Egypt) Also Spelled: Sotepenre It is believed Setepenre was born between the ninth and…
985) Neferneferure
985: Neferneferure Fifth Born of Nefertiti and Akhenaten’s Daughters Born: c.1344, Akhetaten, Ancient Egypt (Present-day Amarna, Egypt) Died: c. 1339, Akhetaten, Ancient Egypt (Present-day Amarna, Egypt) Her name has been translated as “Most Beautiful One of Re,” or “Beautiful are the Beauties of Re.” It is believed Neferneferure was born around the eighth year of…
984) Meketaten
Meketaten situated on her mother, Nefertiti’s lap 984: Meketaten Second Born of Nefertiti and Akhenaten’s Daughters Born: c.1348 BC, Thebes, Ancient Egypt (Present-day Luxor, Egypt) Died: c.1338 BC, Akhetaten, Ancient Egypt (Present-day Amarna, Egypt) Her name has been translated as either “Behold the Aten” or “Protected by Aten.” For more information about the Aten and…
939) Elisabeth of Austria
“Every ship I see sailing away fills me with the greatest desire to be on it.” 939: Elisabeth of Austria Empress of Austria, Queen of Hungary, and Duchess of Bavaria Born: 24 December 1837, Munich, Bavaria (Present-day Munich, Germany) Died: 10 September 1898, Geneva, Switzerland Also Known As: Sisi or Sissi Elisabeth’s husband was her…
915) Meresankh III
915: Meresankh III Ancient Egyptian Royal Woman Lived: Fourth Dynasty Ancient Egypt (Old Kingdom) Meresankh means “she loves life.” Meresankh was the granddaughter of Pharaoh Khufu. She was the wife of Pharaoh Khafre*, whose brother was Meresankh’s father Kawab. This means Meresankh married one of her biological uncles; which was not uncommon for the royal…
903) Catherine of Valois
903: Catherine of Valois Used as a Political Tool to Hand France to England During the Hundred Years’ War Born: 27 October 1401, Paris, France Died: 2 January 1437, Bermondsey Abbey, London, England (Present-day Bermondsey, London, United Kingdom) Catherine’s marriage to Henry V legitimized his claim to be king of England and France and made…
896) Amanirenas
896: Amanirenas Queen of Kush Born: c.60-50 BC, Kush (Present-day Sudan) Died: c.10 BC, Probably Kush (Present-day Sudan) Full Title: Amanirenas qore li kdwe li Also Known As: Kandace Amanirenas (Kandace means Queen) Amanirenas fought back to drive the Romans from her land after they conquered Egypt. Kush was just south of the toppled empire,…
889) Yaa Asantewaa
889: Yaa Asantewaa Led Soldiers During “The War of the Golden Stool” Born: c.1840-1860, Ashanti Confederacy (Present-day Ghana) Died: 17 October 1921, British Controlled Seychelles (Present-day Republic of Seychelles) Also Written: Nana Yaa Asantewaa Yaa was also Queen Mother of the Ejisu (an ethnic group within the Ashanti [also spelled Asante] Confederacy) in modern day…