Khentkaus II

Khentkaus II in hieroglyphs
xnt
t		 kA kA
kA		 s

Khentkaus
M23
X1		 L2
X1		 M23
X1		 L2
X1		 G14
[1]
Mut-nesut-bity-nesut-bity
Mw.t-nsw-bi.tj-nsw-bi.tj
Title of Khentkaus I and Khentkaus II
Khentkaues II on the throne
(from: National Museum (Prague))

Khentkaus II (2475 BC – 2445 BC) was a royal woman who lived in ancient Egypt. She was a wife of Egyptian king Neferirkare Kakai of the Fifth Dynasty. She was the mother of two kings, Neferefre and Nyuserre Ini.[2]

  1. ^ Dilwyn Jones: An Index of Ancient Egyptian Titles, Epithets and Phrases of the Old Kingdom, Band 1, 427, Nr. 1578, Oxford, 2000, ISBN 1-84171-069-5
  2. ^ Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson (2004), p.66