The Royal Family
Amarna - Capital CitiesThe Amarna Royal Family Tree
Akhenaten: “Effective spirit of the Aten“
Ankhesenpaaten: “Her life is of the Aten“
Original name of Ankhesenamun
Beketaten: “Handmaid of the Aten“
Meritaten: “She who is beloved of the Aten“
Meketaten: “Behold the Aten” or “Protected by Aten“
Neferneferuaten: “Beautiful are the beauties of Aten“
Paatenemheb: “The Aten on jubilee“
Tutankhaten: “Living image of the Aten”
Original name of Tutankhamun
Pharaoh Akhenaten
Reign 1353–1336 BC Predecessor Amenhotep III
Successor Probably Smenkhkare
Consorts Nefertiti, Kiya & more Parents Amenhotep III & Tiye
Born as Amenhotep IV What Ruler of Egypt
Buried Firstly at the Royal Tomb of Akhenaten, Amarna and thought to be reburied in KV55
Where Capital City was moved from Thebes to Pharaoh’s designed new Capital called Akhetaten: Horizon of the Aten
When In Year 5 of his Reign approx. 1348 BC, Pharaoh changed his name officially from Amenhotep IV to Akhenaten. In Year 7 of his Reign he moved in to Akhetaten, his new Capital City in 1346 BC
Pharaoh Tutankhaten
Pharaoh Tutankhamun
Reign 1334–1325 BC
Predecessor Neferneferuaten
Successor Ay
Consort Ankhesenamun (half-sister)
Parents Akhenaten & Kiya, The Younger Lady
Buried KV62
Nefertiti, Great Royal Wife
Born 1370 BC in Thebes : Died supposedly in 1330 BC in Amarna
Spouse Pharaoh Akhenaten
She vanishes from the limited historical record for the period, in around the 12th year of Pharaoh Akhenaten’s 17-year reign
Did she die? OR Did she become an Co-Regent under the name Neferneferuaten?
Akhenaten’s successor was named Pharaoh Smenkhkare, could this have been Nefertiti’s Regnal name?
From left to right: Princesses Setepenre, Neferneferure & Neferneferuaten Tasherit
Princess Meritaten
