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Heteferés bint Huni I
- Preferred Name: Heteferés bint Huni I
- Alternate Name: 4th Dynasty
- Gender: F
- FSID: GH9L-2WX
- Death: BEF 2566 BC with note: GEDCOM data
- Birth: in Egypt at LATI: N7 LONG: E0 with note: GEDCOM data
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Hetepheres I was a queen of Egypt during the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt (c. 2600 BC) who was a wife of one king, the mother of the next king, the grandmother of two more kings, and the figure who tied together two dynasties.
Hetepheres I may have been a wife of King Sneferu, and was the mother of King Khufu. It is possible that Hetepheres had been a minor wife of Sneferu and only rose in prominence after her son ascended the throne. She was the grandmother of two kings, Djedefre and Khafre, and of queen Hetepheres II.
Her titles include: King's Mother (mwt-niswt), Mother of the King of the Two Lands (mwt-niswt-biti), Attendant of Horus (ḫt-hrw), and God's Daughter of his body (s3t-nṯr-nt-ẖt.f).
The marriage of Hetepheres I to Snefru solidified his rise to the throne. Because she carried the royal bloodline from one dynasty to the next, two great royal lines were joined when they married. Her title as "God's Daughter of his body" refers to her father, Huni, who ruled at the end of the Third Dynasty and was deified. She married Sneferu and gave birth to the next king, Khufu, who commissioned her tomb and pyramid. The mothers of Ancient Egyptian kings held special status. Her later titles arose from her relationship to her son and his role as king.
Preferred Parents:
Father: Huni , 5th Pharaoh 3rd Dynasty, b. -2650 B.C. in Egypt מצרים d. 2613 BC in Egypt
Mother: Meresankh I of Egypt,
Family 1: Seneferu 1st Pharaoh 4th Dynasty, b. 2650 BC d. ABT 2589 BC in Egypt
- Henutsen , Queen of Egypt, b. BEF 2589 BC
- Meritites bint Sneferu I, d. 2566 BC
- Khufu 'Cheops' , 2nd Pharaoh 4th Dynasty, b. 2610 BC d. 2566 BC
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