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Neferu I ("the beauty"; ) was the first
queen consort A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king, and usually shares her spouse's social Imperial, royal and noble ranks, rank and status. She holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles and may be crowned and anointed, but hi ...
of the 11th Dynasty of Egypt. She may have been a wife of the King
Mentuhotep I Mentuhotep I (also Mentuhotep-aa, i.e. "the Great") may have been a Theban nomarch and independent ruler of Upper Egypt during the early First Intermediate Period. Alternatively, Mentuhotep I may be a fictional figure created during the later El ...
.Dynasty 11
/ref> Her sons were
Intef I Sehertawy Intef I was a local nomarch at Thebes during the early First Intermediate Period and later an ancient Egyptian pharaoh. He was the first member of the 11th Dynasty to lay claim to a Horus name. Intef reigned from 4 to 16 years c. 2120 ...
and
Intef II Wahankh Intef II (also Inyotef II and Antef II) (died 2063 BC) was the third ruler of the Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt during the First Intermediate Period. He reigned for almost fifty years from 2112 BC to 2063 BC. His capital was located at Thebes ...
and she was a grandmother of
Intef III Intef III was the third pharaoh of the Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt during the late First Intermediate Period in the 21st century BC, at a time when Egypt was divided in two kingdoms. The son of his predecessor Intef II and father of his success ...
and Queen Iah, his wife. She was also a great-grandmother of
Neferu II Neferu II () was the wife and sister of the ancient Egyptian king Mentuhotep II who ruled in the 11th Dynasty. Biography Neferu II held the titles ''king's wife'' and ''king's daughter''.Wolfram Grajetzki: ''Ancient Egyptian Queens, a hierogly ...
. She is mentioned on one stela. It is possible that she is the same as the Queen
Neferukayet Neferukayet was an ancient Egyptian princess and queen of the Eleventh Dynasty. Her name is only known from her steward Rediukhnum's stela, which was found in Dendera (now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, CG 20543).Grajetzki, Wolfram. ''Ancient E ...
, who is thought to be the wife of Intef II. Her titles would be then: "King's wife, his beloved", "King's daughter" and "Royal Ornament".Intef II
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Queens consort of the Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt Mentuhotep I Mothers of monarchs 3rd-millennium BC births 22nd-century BC deaths {{Africa-royal-stub