Ankhesenpepi I (also Ankhenespepi I or Ankhenesmeryre I; ) was a

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during the

Sixth Dynasty of Egypt The Sixth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (notated Dynasty VI), along with the Third Dynasty of Egypt, Third, Fourth Dynasty of Egypt, Fourth and Fifth Dynasty of Egypt, Fifth Dynasty, constitutes the Old Kingdom of Egypt, Old Kingdom of Dynastic Egyp ...

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Ankhesenpepi was a daughter of the female vizier

Nebet Nebet (“Lady”; ) was created Vizier (Ancient Egypt), vizier during the late Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, Egypt by Pharaoh, King Pepi I of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt, Sixth Dynasty, who was her son-in-law (and possibly also her nephew). She ...

and her husband Khui, nomarch of Abydos. Ankhesenpepi's sister was Ankhenespepi II, and her brother was Vizier

Djau Djau () was a vizier of Upper Egypt during the Sixth Dynasty. He was a member of an influential family from Abydos; his mother was the vizier Nebet, and his father was Khui. His two sisters Ankhesenpepi I and Ankhesenpepi II married King Pepi ...

. Both sisters – Ankhesenpepi I and II – were married to

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Pepi I Pepi I Meryre (also Pepy I; died 2283 BC) was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, king, third king of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt, who ruled for over 40 years from the 24th to the 23rd century BC, toward the end of the Old Kingdom of Egypt, Old Ki ...

whose throne name was ''Meryre;'' their name was probably taken when the marriage took place, since it means "Her life belongs to Pepi/Meryre". Both queens gave birth to successors of Pepi: the son of Ankhesenpepi I was Nemtyemsaf I, who ruled only for a few years; the son of Ankhenespepi II was

Pepi II Pepi II Neferkare ( 2284 BC – 2214 BC) was a pharaoh, king of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt, Sixth Dynasty in Egypt's Old Kingdom. His second name, Neferkare (''Nefer-ka-Re''), means "Beautiful is the Ka (Egyptian soul), Ka of Re (Egyptian religi ...

, who succeeded after Nemtyemsaf's death.Dodson & Hilton, p.71 She is mentioned together with her sister on their brother's stela in Abydos, also, at her pyramid, on an inscription now in

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, and a decree in Abydos.Dodson & Hilton, p.74 Her titles were: ''King's Wife'', ''King's Mother'', ''Great of Sceptre''.

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