Tiye (name)
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Tiye, also spelled Tiy, Tiyi, Tiya was an ancient Egyptian name; according to Aldred, the pet name for Nefertari.[1] Its notable bearers were:
- Queen Tiye, wife of Amenhotep III, mother of Akhenaten and possible sister of Ay (18th dynasty)
- Queen Tey, wife of Ay, wet nurse of Nefertiti, possibly mother of Mutbenret (18th dynasty)
- Queen Tiye-Mereniset, wife of Setnakht, mother of Ramesses III (20th dynasty)
- Queen Tiye, wife of Ramesses III, against whom she was involved in a harem conspiracy to put her son Pentawere on the throne. (20th dynasty)
"Tiy" is also an online moniker used by Finn Bruce, the founder of Chucklefish.
References[edit]
- ^ Cyril Aldred: Akhenaten, King of Egypt (London, Thames and Hudson, 1991, ISBN 0-500-27621-8, p.141
See also[edit]
- All pages with titles beginning with Tiye (name)
- All pages with titles containing Tiye (name)
- Ti (disambiguation)
- Ty (disambiguation)
- Tie (disambiguation)
- Tey (disambiguation)
- Tiya, a town in southern Ethiopia
- Tiyi, a mountain in Nagaland
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