Ammittamru II (also Ammistramru II) was a king of the ancient

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n city of

Ugarit Ugarit (; , ''ủgrt'' /ʾUgarītu/) was an ancient port city in northern Syria about 10 kilometers north of modern Latakia. At its height it ruled an area roughly equivalent to the modern Latakia Governorate. It was discovered by accident in 19 ...

who ruled from 1260 to 1235 BC. He reigned for 25 years, being the son of former king Niqmepa, who was famously forced to sign a treaty of vassalization to the Hittites.

Reign

Like all other Ugaritan kings, very few references of him exist. Ammittamru II is assumed to have used the seal of his grandfather,

Niqmaddu II Niqmaddu II was the second ruler and king of Ugarit, an ancient Syrian city-state in northwestern Syria (c. 1350–1315 BC) and succeeding his father, Ammittamru I. He was a vassal ruler of Suppiluliuma I of Hatti. Early life Niqmaddu II ( ''Ní ...

instead of the dynastic seal that reads: "Yaqarum, son of Niqmaddu, king of Ugarit", that was normally used by Ugaritan kings. He was a vassal king of the Hittite great kings

Hattusili III Ḫattušili (''Ḫattušiliš'' in the inflected nominative case) was the regnal name of three Hittite kings: * Hattusili I (Labarna II) * Hattusili II * Hattusili III It was also the name of two Neo-Hittite kings: * Hattusili I (Kummuh) * Hattus ...

and Tudhaliya IV.

Accession

His mother Ahatmilku supported his succession to the

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after the death of his father. She banished two of her sons to

Alashiya Alashiya ( ''Alašiya'' -la-ši-ia ''ẢLṮY''; Linear B: 𐀀𐀨𐀯𐀍 ''Alasios'' -ra-si-jo Hieratic "'irs3"), also spelled Alasiya, also known as the Kingdom of Alashiya, was a state which existed in the Middle and Late Bronze Ages, a ...

(

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), when they contested this, but made sure they had sufficient supplies.

Marriage

Ammittamru II married Piddu, daughter of Bentešina of Amurru to the south, and born to Kiluš-Ḫepa, daughter of

Ḫattušili III Hattusili III (Hittite language, Hittite: "from Hattusa") was king of the Hittite empire (New Kingdom) –1245 BC (middle chronology) or 1267–1237 BC (short chronology timeline)., pp.xiii-xiv Early life and family Much of what is known about ...

Divorce

He later expelled his wife after she had committed serious misconduct and sent her back to Amurru. He then demanded her extradition in order to punish her for her deeds. Šaušgamuwa of Amurru (her brother) refused to extradite the lady because he feared her execution. As tension arose between the two vassals, the Hittite great king

Tudḫaliya IV Tudḫaliya IV was a king of the Hittite Empire (New kingdom), and the younger son of Ḫattušili III. He reigned –1215 BC (middle chronology) or –1209 BC (short chronology). His mother was the great queen, Puduḫepa. Early life Tud� ...

of Hatti interfered in the matter, as an escalating conflict between two important vassals would not have been in his favor. Then the Hittite viceroy Ini-Teššup of

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decided that the ex-wife would have to be extradited and Šaušgamuwa should be paid 1400 shekels of gold to in return.

Succession

Ammittamru II determined his son Ibiranu as his successor during his lifetime.

References

Ugaritic kings 13th-century BC people {{Phoenicia-stub