Queen Te, wife of King Amenhotep the Third

The mother of Akhenaten and the grandmother of King Tutankhamun of the family 18 (1539-1075 BC)

She is King Amenhotep the Third and is considered the most famous ancient queen of Egypt. Queen Tei was from the people her father Yuya, and her mother Tuya and used to work in the royal palace was the father of Queen Tei Yuya, the leader of the chariots, and the high priest and her mother Toya (singer Hathor), chief artis That the Queen was raised in the royal palace and were intelligent with the strength of personality. ️ Although this marriage contravenes the royal traditions of the palace, the king married her during his second year of rule and became the legitimate and official queen of the king.

She played an active role in Egyptian politics and foreign relations and became the first well-known Egyptian queen whose name appeared in official business. In King Amenhotep the Third, the ancient Egyptian kingdom expanded to the widest extent in its east, west, south, and north, and during the reign, there was general stability in the country.

The king Amenhotep, the Third, bestowed on Queen T many of the royal titles such as (the daughter of the king), (the sister of the king), and (the lady of the two lands)

 The King dug a lake to her in the south of the Habu Temple on the western mainland in Luxor, fed by floodwater, strolled around in her golden boat, and planted trees around her.

In the 24th year of King Amenhotep the Third, Queen T produced her son, Amenhotep the Fourth, Akhenaten.

King Amenhotep III died, and Akhenaten’s daughter was still young, which led to the saying that the Queen who had ruled the country in the first years of Akhenaten’s rule was the young king’s guardian until he grew up. King Akhenaten was innocent of Queen T in the internal and external affairs of the state,

Queen T moved to the new capital (Tel el-Amarna)

It is said that the queen died in the last rule of her son Akhenaten and believed that she was buried in her cemetery by the goodness that she prepared for herself.