Huzziya II was a king of the

Hittites The Hittites () were an Anatolian peoples, Anatolian Proto-Indo-Europeans, Indo-European people who formed one of the first major civilizations of the Bronze Age in West Asia. Possibly originating from beyond the Black Sea, they settled in mo ...

. He was killed by

Muwatalli I :''See also Muwatalli II'' Muwatalli I (meaning "mighty") was a king of the Hittites. Biography Muwatalli killed his predecessor Huzziya II. He was the Chief of the Royal Bodyguard (a position known as the Gal mesedi) of Huzziya, but later he ...

, who seized the

throne A throne is the seat of state of a potentate or dignitary, especially the seat occupied by a sovereign (or viceroy A viceroy () is an official who reigns over a polity in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory ...

and was possibly the '' Gal Mesedi'' of the royal bodyguard. His wife was Queen Šummiri.''The organisation of the Hittite military'' by Richard Henry Beal

External links

Reign of Huzziya II at Hittites.info

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{{Authority control Hittite kings 15th-century BC monarchs