Hetepheres I
Hetepheres I ("Her Face Is Satisfied") was a Queen of Ancient Egypt. She lived during the 4th dynasty of Egypt, but she was born at the end of the 3rd dynasty.
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 Carryng chair of Hetepheres I. This object was a gift from her son Khufu. | |||||
| Queen of Egypt | |||||
| Spouse | Sneferu | ||||
| Issue | Princess Hetepheres Khufu | ||||
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| Father | Huni | ||||
| Mother | Djefatnebti | ||||
| Religion | Ancient Egyptian religion | ||||
Family
The father of Hetepheres was Pharaoh Huni, and her mother was Queen Djefatnebti. Hetepheres married her half-brother Sneferu. With him, she was a mother of Princess Hetepheres, who she named after herself. Sneferu and Hetepheres I also had a son, Khufu, who was Sneferu's successor.
One granddaughter of Hetepheres I was named Hetepheres II, and she was a daughter of Khufu.
Titles
- King's Mother
- Mother of the Dual King
- Attendant of Horus
- God's Daughter of His Body
Hetepheres I Media
Armchair of Queen Hetepheres from the Cairo Museum.
Tomb G 7000X of Hetepheres I, burial chamber, looking South (1926)
Queen Hetepheres's necklace and pendant in the Egyptian Museum.
The reconstructed bedchamber of Queen Hetepheres in the Egyptian Museum from the original materials found in her Giza tomb).
Copy of the royal bed with headrest from the funerary furniture of Hetepheres, bed length is 177 centimeters - the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, reconstructed original is displayed in Cairo
