Ankhesenpepi (Ankhesenpepy, Ankhenespepi, Ankhenespepy) was the name of four queen consorts during the

sixth dynasty of Egypt The Sixth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (notated Dynasty VI), along with the Third Dynasty of Egypt, Third, Fourth Dynasty of Egypt, Fourth and Fifth Dynasty of Egypt, Fifth Dynasty, constitutes the Old Kingdom of Egypt, Old Kingdom of Dynastic Egyp ...

. The name means “Her life belongs to Pepi”. Two of them were married to Pharaoh

Pepi I Pepi I Meryre (also Pepy I; died 2283 BC) was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, king, third king of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt, who ruled for over 40 years from the 24th to the 23rd century BC, toward the end of the Old Kingdom of Egypt, Old Ki ...

(whose throne name was ''Meryre;'' these two ladies were also known as ''Ankhesenmeryre''), the other two were married to Pharaoh

Pepi II Pepi II Neferkare ( 2284 BC – 2214 BC) was a pharaoh, king of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt, Sixth Dynasty in Egypt's Old Kingdom. His second name, Neferkare (''Nefer-ka-Re''), means "Beautiful is the Ka (Egyptian soul), Ka of Re (Egyptian religi ...

Old Kingdom, royalties

Ankhesenpepi I Ankhesenpepi I (also Ankhenespepi I or Ankhenesmeryre I; ) was a queen consort during the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt. Biography Ankhesenpepi was a daughter of the female vizier Nebet and her husband Khui, nomarch of Abydos. Ankhesenpepi's sister w ...

, wife of Pepi I, mother of

Merenre Nemtyemsaf Merenre Nemtyemsaf (meaning "Beloved of Ra, Nemty is his protection"; died 2278 BC) was an Ancient Egyptian king, fourth king of the Sixth Dynasty. He ruled Egypt for around 5 years in the early 23rd century BC, toward the end of the Old Kin ...

Ankhesenpepi II Ankhesenpepi II or Ankhesenmeryre II () was a queen consort during the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt. She was the wife of Kings Pepi I and Merenre Nemtyemsaf I, Nemtyemsaf I, and the mother of Pepi II. She likely served as regent during the minority of ...

, wife of Pepi I, mother of Pepi II * Ankhesenpepi III, daughter of Merenre I, wife of Pepi II * Ankhesenpepi IV, wife of Pepi II, possible mother of a prince Neferkara

First Intermediate Period, Non-Royal

* Ankhesenpepi, Royal Ornament, Daughter of the Overlords of Upper Egypt, One Revered with Hathor, Mistress of Denderah. Fischer, H. G. (1956). A Daughter of the Overlords of Upper Egypt in the First Intermediate Period. ''Journal of the American Oriental Society'', ''76''(2), 99–110. Stele from Naga ed-Der.

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