Neferu II was the wife and sister of the ancient Egyptian king

Mentuhotep II Mentuhotep II ( egy, Mn- ṯw-ḥtp, meaning " Mentu is satisfied"), also known under his prenomen Nebhepetre ( egy, Nb- ḥpt- Rˁ, meaning "The Lord of the rudder is Ra"), was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, the sixth ruler of the Eleventh Dyn ...

who ruled in the 11th Dynasty, around 2000 BC. Egyptian - Woman Carrying a Sunshade - Walters 22325

Neferu is mainly known from her tomb ( TT319) at

Deir el-Bahari Deir el-Bahari or Dayr al-Bahri ( ar, الدير البحري, al-Dayr al-Baḥrī, the Monastery of the North) is a complex of mortuary temples and tombs located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite the city of Luxor, Egypt. This is a part o ...

. The tomb was found badly destroyed but the decorated burial chamber was well preserved and many fragments from the reliefs in the tomb chapel were found. Her main titles were ''king's wife'' and ''king's daughter''. The inscriptions in the tomb mention that she was the daughter of a person called Iah,

William C. Hayes William Christopher Hayes (March 21, 1903 – July 10, 1963) was an American Egyptologist. His main fields of study were history of Egyptian art and translation/interpretation of texts.W. C. Hayes, ''The Scepter of Egypt'', part II, 4th print ...

: ''The Scepter of Egypt I'', New York 1953, , p. 160; 327 most likely the ''king's mother''

Iah Iah ( Egyptian: ''jꜥḥ'', Coptic ) is a lunar deity in ancient Egyptian religion. The word ''jꜥḥ'' simply means "Moon". It is also transcribed as ''Yah'', ''Jah'', or ''Aah''. Worship By the New Kingdom (16th century to 11th century ...

who was the mother of king Mentuhotep II. She was therefore his sister. It is known that Mentuhotep II was the son of king

Intef III Intef III was the third pharaoh of the Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt during the late First Intermediate Period in the 21st century BC, at a time when Egypt was divided in two kingdoms. The son of his predecessor Intef II and father of his successor ...

who was most likely the father of Neferu.

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*Joyce Tyldesley: ''Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt''. Thames & Hudson. 2006, , p. 67. {{DEFAULTSORT:Neferu 02 Queens consort of the Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt Mentuhotep II