Tahpenes, Patareshnes and Karomama A, Egyptian queens of the 22nd Dynasty, were wives of Shoshenq I (r. 943-922 BC).
Tahpenes’ was the mother of Ano, wife of King Jeroboam I (r. 931-910 BC) of Israel. Her lineage is unknown.
Hadad the Edomite (c. 1011-971 BC) had been taken to Egypt as a young boy where the pharaoh, likely Shoshenq I, welcomed him and later gave him the sister of Queen Tahpenes for a wife. Their son, Genubath, was brought up in the court of Egypt. After the death of David (r. 1011-971 BC) and Joab, Hadad returned to Edom and attempted to stir up the Edomites against the rule of King Solomon (r. 971-931 BC).
When Jeroboam heard that Israel had gathered to make Rehoboam (r. 931-913 BC) king, he returned from Egypt, where he had fled to escape from King Solomon.
Patareshnes was the daughter of an unnamed Libyan chief.
Patareshnes’ was the mother of Nimlot B.
Karomama A is known through the stela of Pasenhor which traces royal lineages back to Buyuwawa, the Libyan considered the ancestor of the Meshwesh, a Berber tribe whose lineage helped produce Egypt’s 22nd Dynasty founded by Shoshenq I.
Karomama A was the mother of Osorkon I (r. 922-887 BC).
Their husband, Shoshenq I, was the son of Nimlot A and Tentsepeh A.
Shoshenq I was succeeded by Osorkon I (r. 922-887 BC), who was then succeeded by Shoshenq II (r. 887-885 BC).
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