Tausret

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Tausret was a queen and the last pharaoh of Egypt’s 19th Dynasty, who briefly ruled as a female king during a turbulent period of political instability.

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Label Occurrences
Tausret canonical 6

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt person
ancient Egyptian pharaoh
female ruler
queen consort
alternativeName Tawosret
Twosret
associatedWithCity Thebes
attestedIn inscriptions in the Valley of the Kings
monuments at Thebes
royal lists and later king traditions
burialPlace KV14
Valley of the Kings
burialType rock-cut tomb
countryRuled Pharaonic Egypt
surface form: Ancient Egypt
culticAssociations Amun
Osiris
Re
culturalSphere ancient Egyptian civilization
dynasty Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt
era Late Bronze Age
gender female
historicalDebate circumstances of her fall from power are unclear
length of her independent reign is uncertain
name Tausret self-link
notableFor being one of the last female pharaohs of ancient Egypt
ruling in her own right as king
politicalSituation court factionalism at the end of the 19th Dynasty
positionHeld Great Royal Wife
Pharaoh
surface form: pharaoh of Egypt

regent of Egypt
predecessor Siptah NERFINISHED
reignCharacterization brief reign
reignContext period of political instability
reignEndApprox c. 1189 BCE
reignStartApprox c. 1191 BCE
religion ancient Egyptian religion
roleDuringSiptahReign regent
spouse Seti II
stepchild Siptah NERFINISHED
succeededByDynasty 20th Dynasty of Egypt
surface form: Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt
successor Setnakhte NERFINISHED
title Great Royal Wife
King of Upper and Lower Egypt
Lady of the Two Lands
tombDecorationPhase originally decorated for Tausret
tombExtendedBy Setnakhte NERFINISHED
tombReuse later usurped and extended by Setnakhte

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Tausret name Tausret self-link
KV14 usedForBurialOf Tausret
KV14 hasOccupant Tausret
KV14 associatedPharaoh Tausret