Hetepheres I

Hetepheres I
Queen consort of Egypt
Gold figure of Hetepheres from her Giza tomb - drawing by George Reisner (1925)
Burial
Tomb G 7000X near the Great Pyramid of Giza
SpouseSneferu
IssueHetepheres
Khufu
FatherHuni
ReligionAncient Egyptian religion
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Hetepheres
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Era: Old Kingdom
(2686–2181 BC)

Hetepheres I was a queen of Egypt during the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt (fl.c. 2600 BC) who was a wife of one king, the mother of the next king, the grandmother of two more kings, and the figure who tied together two dynasties.