Satiah the daughter of Ipu, a royal nurse, was the first Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Thutmose III (r. 1479-1425 BC).
Satiah's father may have been Ahmose Pen-Nekhebet, an ancient Egyptian official who started his career under Ahmose I (c. 1549-1524 BC) and served all the pharaohs until Thutmose III.
Under Ahmose I, Ahmose Pen-Nekhebet fought in Northern Canaan, then he followed Amenhotep I (c. 1524-1503 BC) to Nubia, accompanied Thutmose I (r. 1503-1493 BC) to Naharin, and campaigned with Thutmose II (r. 1493-1479 BC) in Sinai.
Ahmose Pen-Nekhebet served as guardian and tutor to Pharaoh Hatshepsut‘s (r. 1479-1458 BC) daughter, Nefrure.
Satiah’s mother, Ipu, was a royal nurse and likely the wife of Ahmose Pennekhbet referenced in his tomb along with his brother Khaemwaset.
Satiah was likely the mother of Prince Amenemhat.
Hatshepsut-Meryetre, the Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Thutmose III following the death of Queen Satiah, was the daughter of Huy, an ancient High Priestess of Amun, Ra, and Atum.
Hatshepsut-Meryetre was the mother of Amenhotep II, Menkheperre, Nebetiunet, two daughters by the name of Meritamen, and Iset.
Nebtu’s background leaves no trace of family ties. She was one of several wives of Thutmose III.
She is not known to have borne him a major heir.
Menhet, Menwi, and Merti’s names appear together as secondary wives of Thutmose III and were given the title "king's wife.”
None of the three are known to have borne children.
Like Menhet, Menwi, and Merti, Nebsemi also seems to have been a secondary wife of Thutmose III. No children, tomb, or independent monuments are attributed to her.
Their husband, Thutmose III (r. 1479-1425 BC), was the son of Thutmose II and Iset.
Thutmose III was the sixth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty. His father's Great Royal Wife was Hatshepsut. Her daughter, Neferure, was Thutmose's half-sister.
During the final two years of his reign after the death of his firstborn son and heir Amenemhat, he appointed his son and successor Amenhotep II (r. 1427-1397 BC) as junior co-regent.
Thutmose III's victory at Megiddo gave him control of northern Canaan from which he would launch his campaign into Syria to take Kadesh. He campaigned against the Mitanni and erected a stele at the Euphrates River, commemorated in his inscription at Karnak, known as Thutmose III's Hymn of Victory.
A separate Battle at Megiddo was fought between the armies of Necho II (r. 610-595 BC) of Egypt and King Josiah (r. 640-609 BC) of Judah in 609 BC.
Amenhotep II, whose mother was Hatshepsut-Meryetre, succeeded his father as the seventh pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt.
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