List of tawanannas

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This list of Tawanannas deals with the Hittite great queens. Those came to their rank by marrying the great king . Since the great queens retained their title all their lives, even after the death of their husband, it could happen that the wife of a reigning great king could not accept the title of great queen, as this office was still held by the wife of her husband's predecessor.

The Hittite chronology is largely uncertain and therefore the government dates of the great queens can only be roughly determined.

Old empire

Surname wife of Remarks
Kattuši Ḫattušili I.  
Potash Mursili I.  
Ḫarapšeki Ḫantili I.  
Ištapariya Telipinu  

Middle realm

Surname wife of Remarks
Ḫarapšili Alluwamna Daughter of Telipinu .
Iyaya Zidanta I.  
Summiri Ḫuzziya II.  
Walanni Kantuzzili
Katešḫapi Ḫuzziya II.  
Nikkalmati Tudḫaliya I.  
Ašmunikal Arnuwanda I.  
Daduḫepa Tudḫaliya II  

Hittite empire

Surname wife of Remarks
Ḫinti Šuppiluliuma I. (1st wife)  
Tawananna (formerly also Malnigal) Šuppiluliuma I. (2nd wife) Babylonian princess. It is not certain whether her name was Malnigal.
Gaššulawiya Muršili II (2nd wife?) Probably Mursili's second wife, assuming an unknown first wife. She is dubbed the Great Queen on a cross seal.
Danuḫepa Muršili II (2nd or 3rd wife) Also in office under Muwatalli II. And Muršili III.
Puduḫepa Ḫattušili III. Was in office under Tudḫalija IV , but how long is uncertain.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Waltraud Sperlich: The Hittites, The forgotten people , Jan Thorbecke Verlag GmbH, Ostfildern 2003, ISBN 3-7995-7982-6
  2. ↑ Johannes Lehmann: The Hittites, People of a Thousand Gods , C. Bertelsmann Verlag, Munich 1975, ISBN 3-570-02610-8
  3. ↑ Jörg Klinger: Die Hittiter, Verlag CH Beck oHG, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-53625-0
  4. ↑ Metin Alprslan: The Wives Muršili II. A consideration of the current state of research. Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatoloici 69, 2007, pp. 31-37, especially pp. 32f. - online at Academia.edu

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