Neferu ("Beauty") was an ancient Egyptian name. Famous bearers: *

Neferu I Neferu I ("the beauty") was the first queen of Ancient Egyptian Eleventh dynasty. She was a wife of the Pharaoh Mentuhotep I. Her sons were Intef I Sehertawy Intef I was a local nomarch at Thebes during the early First Intermediate Period ...

, a queen of Montuhotep I (11th dynasty) * Neferu or

Neferukayet Neferukayet was an ancient Egyptian princess and queen of the Eleventh Dynasty. Her name is only known from her steward Rediukhnum's stela, which was found in Dendera (now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, CG 20543).Grajetzki, Wolfram. ''Ancient E ...

, probably the mother of

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 M ...

(11th dynasty) *

Neferu II Neferu II was the wife and sister of the ancient Egyptian king Mentuhotep II who ruled in the 11th Dynasty, around 2000 BC. Neferu is mainly known from her tomb ( TT319) at Deir el-Bahari. The tomb was found badly destroyed but the decorated b ...

, a queen of Montuhotep II (11th dynasty) *

Neferu III Neferu ("Beauty") was an ancient Egyptian name. Famous bearers: * Neferu I, a queen of Montuhotep I (11th dynasty) * Neferu or Neferukayet, probably the mother of Intef III (11th dynasty) * Neferu II, a queen of Montuhotep II (11th dynasty) * ...

, a queen of Senusret I (12th dynasty) * Neferu (13th dynasty) sister to Pharaoh

Imyremeshaw Smenkhkare Imyremeshaw was an Egyptian pharaoh of the mid 13th Dynasty during the Second Intermediate Period. Imyremeshaw reigned from Memphis, starting in 1759 BC or 1711 BC.Thomas Schneider following Detlef Franke: ''Lexikon der Pharaonen'', A ...

Sehetepkare Intef Sehetepkare Intef (also known as Intef IV or Intef V) was the twenty-third king of the 13th Dynasty during the Second intermediate period. Sehetepkare Intef reigned from Memphis for a short period, certainly less than ten years, between 1759 BC an ...

; mentioned on Papyrus Bulaq 18 with sister-in-law Aya. * Neferu (13th dynasty), princess, daughter of an unidentified king. Married to Sobekhotep, Chief of Police of the Temple of Anubis, and mentioned on a stela from Abydos.Dodson & Hilton, op.cit., p.113 * Neferu (17th dynasty), mother of Queen

Tetisheri Tetisheri was the matriarch of the Egyptian royal family of the late 17th Dynasty and early 18th Dynasty. Family Tetisheri was the daughter of Tjenna and Neferu. The names of Tetisheri's parents are known from mummy bandages found in TT320.Aida ...

Fictional characters

Characters in literary and screen works known solely as Neferu include: * Neferu is the real name for the singer, model and diva named Eliza from '' Skullgirls''

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Ancient Egyptian given names