Queen Ankhesenamun: Senior Princesses

In 1348 BC, the heir to Egypt’s throne was born, who later became known as “Egypt’s Lost Princess.” Ankhesenamun was a middle child, the third of six daughters. In this time period, the first three daughters born to the current pharaoh were named the “Senior Princesses.” ( Queen Ankhesenamun (Wife Of King Tut))This means they were the three most likely to gain the throne, and to be more commonly known. Ankhesenamun’s older sisters were named Meritaten and Meketaten. Because these three young sisters were the Senior Princesses, they were painted and carved more often on walls and tablets of stone, than their younger siblings.

Her father was King Akhenaton, who also was the father of her husband,who later forced him off the throne and himself

He was about eighteen to nineteen years old at the time of his unexpected death. Queen Ankhesenamun (Wife Of King Tut)There is no really known fact as to what happened to the young king of Egypt, but one theory is that he died in battle from falling off of a chariot and was run over. Thus this action caused his odd and sudden death of crushed bones and vital organs. Other theories consist of the possibilities that he was kicked in the chest by a horse, or perhaps even a hippo, which are now extinct in this region of the Earth. Although, they once dominated this

Within a heartbeat, her once successor and biological grandfather, had claimed her as his wife. She instantly rebelled at this. Ankhesenamun was strongly willed, and she had no intentions to marry va servant to her. She soon began to do everything possible to avoid this marriage to Ay. More than anything, Ay just wanted to secure his seat on the throne, rather than to actually have her as his wife. In Ankhesenamun’s desperate attempts to avoid this, she wrote a letter to Suppiluliuma I, King of the Hittite Empire, asking to marry one of his many sons (. Queen Ankhesenamun (Wife Of King Tut) ). This king was suspicious at first, suspecting foul play. Eventually when he sent a servant to Egypt to see if this was a legitimate transaction, he finally came around and sent his son, Prince Zannanza, to be wed to the reigning Queen of