Khenemetneferhedjet I Weret was an
ancient Egyptian queen of the
12th Dynasty, a wife of
Senusret II
Khakheperre Senusret II was the fourth pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt. He ruled from 1897 BC to 1878 BC. His pyramid was constructed at El-Lahun. Senusret II took a great deal of interest in the Faiyum oasis region and began work on an ...
and the mother of
Senusret III
Khakaure Senusret III (also written as Senwosret III or the hellenised form, Sesostris III) was a pharaoh of Egypt. He ruled from 1878 BC to 1839 BC during a time of great power and prosperity, and was the fifth king of the Twelfth Dynasty of the ...
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Biography
She is likely to be same person who is mentioned as the daughter of
Amenemhat II
Nubkaure Amenemhat II, also known as Amenemhet II, was the third pharaoh of the 12th Dynasty of ancient Egypt. Although he ruled for at least 35 years, his reign is rather obscure, as well as his family relationships.
Family
Archaeological fi ...
on a seal (now located in New York). This would mean she was the sister of her husband. She and
Nofret II have been definitely identified as two of the queen consorts of Senusret II; two other possible wives are Khenemet and
Itaweret. All were also his sisters. Her name was also a queenly title used in the era: ''
khenemetneferhedjet
Khenemetneferhedjet ''(ẖnm.t nfr-ḥḏ.t)'' was an ancient Egyptian queenly title during the Middle Kingdom. It was in use from the 12th to the early 18th Dynasty. During the 12th Dynasty it also occurred as a personal name. Its meaning is ...
'' means “united with the white crown”. Her additional name ''Weret'' means “great” or “the elder” and was probably used to differentiate her from others with this name. She is mentioned on a seal found in
Kahun (now located in Tonbridge), a papyrus from Kahun (now located in Berlin), a statue (now located in the
British Museum
The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It docum ...
) and in her son's pyramid complex. She was probably buried in the Kahun pyramid complex built by her husband.
[Isabel Stünkel, ‘the relief decoration of the cult chapels of royal women in the pyramid complex of Senusret III’, in: Miroslav Bárta, Filip Coppens, Jaromír Krejčí (editors), Abusir and Saqqara in the Year 2005, proceeding of the Conference held in Prague (June 27-July 5, 2005), Prague: Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, 2006, , pp. 147-166 (article on her pyramid chapel at Dahshur)]
Her titles were: ''King's Wife; King's Mother; Lady of the Two Lands; King's Daughter'' (the latter only if she is the same person as the princess named on the seal of Amenemhat II).
Sources
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Queens consort of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt
19th-century BC women