Ahatmilku () was a
princess
Princess is a regal rank and the feminine equivalent of prince (from Latin '' princeps'', meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or for the daughter of a king or prince.
Princess as a subs ...
of
Amurru Amurru may refer to:
* Amurru kingdom, roughly current day western Syria and northern Lebanon
* Amorite, ancient Syrian people
* Amurru (god)
Amurru, also known under the Sumerian name Martu, was a Mesopotamian god who served as the divine perso ...
, who became queen of
Ugarit
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through marriage.
Life
Ahatmilku was a wife of the King
Niqmepa
Niqmepa (died 1270 BC) was the fifth-from-last King of Ugarit, a city-state in northwestern Syria.
Reign
He was the son of Niqmaddu II, and the brother and successor of Arhalba.
Niqmepa was installed by the Hittite king Mursili II after forc ...
of Ugarit and daughter-in-law of
Niqmaddu II
Niqmaddu II ( ''Amorite'': ) was the second ruler and king of Ugarit, an ancient Syrian citystate in northwestern Syria, reigning c. 1350โ1315 BC (or possibly c. 1380โ1346 BC) and succeeding his less known father, Ammittamru I. He took his ...
. She held great wealth and influence.
She supported her youngest son
Ammittamru II
Ammittamru II was a king of the ancient Syrian city of Ugarit who ruled from 1260 to 1235 BC. He reigned for 25 years, being the son of former king Niqmepa, who was famously forced to sign a treaty of vassalization to the Hittites.
His mother ...
โs succession to the
throne
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after the death of her husband. She banished two of her sons to
Alashiya
Alashiya ( akk, ๐๐ท๐
๐
''Alaลกiya'' -la-ลกi-ia uga, ๐๐๐๐ ''แบขLแนฎY''; Linear B: ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ ''Alasios'' -ra-si-jo, also spelled Alasiya, also known as the Kingdom of Alashiya, was a state which existed in the Middle ...
(
Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kฤฑbrฤฑs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ge ...
), when they contested this, but made sure they had sufficient supplies.
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Amorite people
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