The ancient
Nubia
Nubia (, Nobiin language, Nobiin: , ) is a region along the Nile river encompassing the area between the confluence of the Blue Nile, Blue and White Nile, White Niles (in Khartoum in central Sudan), and the Cataracts of the Nile, first cataract ...
n princess Amenirdis II, daughter of the Kushite pharaoh
Taharqa
Taharqa, also spelled Taharka or Taharqo, Akkadian: ''Tar-qu-ú'', , Manetho's ''Tarakos'', Strabo's ''Tearco''), was a pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt and qore (king) of the Kingdom of Kush (present day Sudan) from 690 to 664 BC. ...
of the
25th Dynasty
The Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XXV, alternatively 25th Dynasty or Dynasty 25), also known as the Nubian Dynasty, the Kushite Empire, the Black Pharaohs, or the Napatans, after their capital Napata, was the last dynasty of t ...
, was adopted by
Shepenupet II, daughter of
Piye, to become
Divine Adoratrice of Amun from around 650 BC to 640 BC during the
26th Dynasty. Amenirdis adopted
Nitocris, daughter of
Psamtik I
Wahibre Psamtik I (Ancient Egyptian: ) was the first pharaoh of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt, the Saite period, ruling from the city of Sais in the Nile delta between 664 and 610 BC. He was installed by Ashurbanipal of the Neo-Assyrian E ...
, to become her successor. She may have been married to one of Taharqa's sons, king
Atlanersa
Atlanersa (also Atlanarsa) was a Kingdom of Kush, Kushite ruler of the Napata#Late Napatan kingdom, Napatan kingdom of Nubia, reigning for about a decade in the mid-7th century BC. He was the successor of Tantamani, the last ruler of the Twenty- ...
.
References
* Robert Steven Bianchi, ''Daily Life Of The Nubians'', Greenwood Press 2004
* Karol Myśliwiec, ''The Twilight of Ancient Egypt: First Millennium B.C.E.'', Cornell University Press 2000
* I. E. S. Edwards, John Boardman, John B. Bury, S. A. Cook, ''The Cambridge Ancient History'', Cambridge University Press 1969
* Aidan Dodson, ''Monarchs of the Nile'', American Univ. in Cairo Press 2000
Further reading
*
God's Wives of Amun
Princesses of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt
7th-century BC Egyptian people
7th-century BC Egyptian women
7th-century BC clergy
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
Taharqa
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