Kandake

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Kandake was the royal title used for powerful queen mothers and ruling queens of the ancient Nubian kingdom of Kush.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Kandake of Kush 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf nobility title
royal title
appliesTo queen mothers
ruling queens
associatedWith Amun worship
Kushite religion NERFINISHED
Meroitic period NERFINISHED
Meroë NERFINISHED
authorityType administrative authority
military leadership
religious authority
biblicalReference Acts of the Apostles 8:27 NERFINISHED
category African royal titles
Titles of national or ethnic leadership
culture Nubian culture
etymologyStatus uncertain origin
genderRestriction female
governs Kingdom of Kush NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance example of matrilineal royal power
languageForm Meroitic language
mentionedIn Christian Bible NERFINISHED
Greco-Roman sources
notableBearer Amanirenas NERFINISHED
Amanishakheto NERFINISHED
Amanitore NERFINISHED
oftenDepictedAs warrior queen
politicalSystem monarchy
positionInGovernment monarch
powerStatus sovereign authority
region Nubia NERFINISHED
ancient Sudan NERFINISHED
role consort of the king
female ruler
queen mother
successionRelation mother of the king
symbolizes female political power
royal motherhood
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE
1st millennium CE
ancient period
titleScope Kushite royal family
transliterationVariant Candace NERFINISHED
Kandace NERFINISHED
Kandake NERFINISHED
usedBy Nubians NERFINISHED
usedIn Kingdom of Kush NERFINISHED

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Queen Amanirenas title Kandake
Queen Amanishakheto positionHeld Kandake
this entity surface form: Kandake of Kush
Queen Amanishakheto hasTitle Kandake
Kushite queens title Kandake