Queen Tuya was the daughter of Raia and Ruya.
Her husband Seti I, was the son of Pharaoh Ramesses I (c. 1292-1290 BC) and Queen Sitre.
Tuya’s father, Raia, was a Lieutenant in the Chariotry.
Tuya’s mother, Ruya’s, lineage is unknown.
Tuya was the mother of Tia, Ramesses II, and possibly Henutmire.
Following the peace treaty between Egypt and the Hittites during the reign of Ramesses II (c. 1279-1213 BC) following the Battle of Kadesh in 1274 BC, she sent congratulatory letters to the Hittite great King Hattusili III (c. 1267-1237 BC) and Queen Puduhepa.
The Battle of Kadesh took place between the Egyptian Empire led by Pharaoh Ramesses II against the Hittite Empire led by King Muwatalli II (c. 1295-1272 BC), Hattusili III, and Talmi-Sarruma of Aleppo. Their armies engaged each other at the Orontes River.
Queen Ankhesenamun married her brother, Tutankhamun (r. 1332-1323 BC), son of Akhenaten (r. 1351-1334 BC) and stepson of Nerfertiti.
Tutankhamun ascended the throne around the age of nine following the short reigns of his predecessors Smenkhkare (r. 1335-1334 BC) and Neferneferuaten (r. 1334-1332 BC).
Since the two children of Tutankhamun and Ankhesenamun were both stillborn (317a and 317b), Tutankhamun was the last of the royal male siblings and there was no immediate heir apparent to assume the throne as Ankhesenamun's husband.
Tutankhamun died at age 18 or 19. A small bone fragment on the inside of his skull initially led some historians to believe that he was murdered by a blow to the back of his head.
A document was found in the ancient Hittite capital of Hattusa dating back to the Amarna period in which Ankhesenamun requests that the Hittite king, Suppiluliuma I (c. 1350-1322 BC), send her a son to marry so that she is not forced to marry her “subject.”
Suppiluliuma I (c. 1350-1322 BC) agreed to send Zannanza, the second-youngest of his five sons, to Egypt.
Zannanza never made it past the Egyptian border. Suppiluliuma I accused the Egyptians of murdering him. Pharaoh Ay (c. 1323-1319 BC), denied the murder, but acknowledged the death.
Zannanza’s disappearance under mysterious circumstances caused a diplomatic incident between the Hittites and Egyptian Empire, resulting in a war that ultimately resulted in the death of Suppliluliuma I and a long-lived rivalry between Egypt and the Hittites which did not come to an end until the treaty following the Battle of Kadesh.
Tuya’s husband, Seti I, was the second pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty of Egypt. He appointed his son Ramesses II as the crown prince and his chosen successor.
Seti I was succeeded by Ramesses II (c. 1279-1213 BC), who was then succeeded by Merneptah (c. 1213-1203 BC).
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