Tiye

Tiye
Bust of Tiye, now in the Ägyptisches Museum in Berlin, Germany
Queen consort of Egypt
Tenurec. 1390 BC – 1353 BC
(37–50 years)
Bornc. 1398 BC
Akhmim, Upper Egypt
Died1338 BC (aged 40–60 years)
Burial
SpouseAmenhotep III
IssueSitamun
Iset
Henuttaneb
Nebetah
Thutmose
Akhenaten
Smenkhkare (possibly)
"The Younger Lady"
Beketaten
Egyptian name
U33iiZ4B7
Dynasty18th of Egypt
FatherYuya
MotherThuya
ReligionAncient Egyptian religion

Tiye (c. 1398 BC – 1338 BC, also spelled Tye, Taia, Tiy and Tiyi) was the Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III, mother of pharaoh Akhenaten and grandmother of pharaoh Tutankhamun; her parents were Yuya and Thuya. In 2010, DNA analysis confirmed her as the mummy known as "The Elder Lady" found in the tomb of Amenhotep II (KV35) in 1898.