|
 |
Tetisheri - Great Wife of Tao helped her sons expel the Hyksos from
Egypt
Famous Egyptians
|
|
Queen Tetisheri - Great Wife of Tao helped her sons expel the Hyksos from Egypt.Tetisheri was the matriarch of the Egyptian royal family of the late 17th Dynasty and early 18th Dynasty. She was the wife of Tao I Seqenenre, the mother of Tao II Seqenenre, and was the grandmother of Kamose and Ahmose I. Tetisheri was active in the ousting of the Hyksos from Egypt and established the precedent of powerful queens that set the stage for the accomplishments of Hatshepsut and Nefertiti. |
| Portrait
by |
Tetisheri was born to a common family and was selected by Tao to be not only his wife but his Great Wife. Tao I granted Tetisheri many privileges not previously given to a queen.
She became the first queen to wear the Vulture Crown, which signalled that the position of Great Wife had become integral to pharaonic power.
When her son Tao II rebelled against the Hyksos, Tetisheri help to rally and raise troops. Tao II was killed in battle and his successor Kamose suffered a similar fate.
Her grandson Ahmose, drove the Hyksos out of Egypt. Tetisheri had advised Tao II, Kamose, and Ahmose during the war.
Ahmose issued a series of decrees honouring and acknowledging her service for the country. Ahmose had a pyramid and mortuary temple constructed for her and also placed cenotaph at Abydos in her honour.
Ahmose was apparently very close with his grandmother and even after she died at age 70 he commissioned many more projects in her honour.
 |
|
Agatha
Christie: Death on the Nile |
 |
|
|
 |
|
Cradle of Rome |
Akhenaten
| Amenemhet III | Cleopatra
VII | Hatshepsut
|
High-Priest Ranefer |
King Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye |
Horemheb | Khafre | Menkaure
| Narmer | Smenkhkare
|
Montuemhat | Nefertiti |
Pepi I | Queen
Ankhesenamen |
Queen Tetisheri | Ramesses
the Great | Ramesses III
|
Senwosret III |
Seti I | Taharka |
Tutankhamen | Tuthmosis III
|
Pixel Paradox Games: Add more fun to your PC New! Mac
Games at Pixel Paradox- Check Out the Alphabetic List! Game Categories: Alien Shooter | Breakout Brick Shooter | Life Simulation | Match Three | Puzzles | Ball Shooter | Mah Jong | Solitaire | Quest Adventure | Games of Egypt Our
Featured Games for PC Windows |
Copyright Information: Unless otherwise noted, text for Famous Egyptians
is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/
| suziemanley.com © 2005 Joan L. James contact Privacy Policy |