Queens Kemet

Kemet Queens the 1st to 5th Dynasty 

This is an incomplete list of female rulers from the Kingdom of Kemet.
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left: Queen Khentetka of the 4th Dynasty  Middle: Queen Hetepheres II (on the left) embraces
her deceased daughter Meresankh III (on the right) Both queens are also from the 4th Dynasty
Right: Detail of one of the two stelae erected in front of the tomb of Queen Merneith at Abydo,
from the 1st Dynasty (Photo by Juan R. Lazaro, (CC BY 2.0), via Wikipedia Commons)

 

|   1st – 5th Dynasties  |   6th – 16th Dynasties   |  17th – 19th Dynasties |  20th – Ptolemaic Dynasties   | 

1st Dynasty

• Benerib 
• Betrest (also Batyires, or Batires) – | A | B |
• Herneith 
• Khenthap (or Khenet-Hapi)
• Nakhtneith
• Neithhotep or Neith-hotep
• Penebui
• Semat
• Serethor
• Seshemetka

      Ruled

• Neithhotep or Neith-hotep
• Merneith (or Meryt-Neith) – | A |  B |

2th Dynasty

• Nimaathap

3rd Dynasty 

• Djefatnebti
• Djeseretnebti 
  
• Hetephernebti
• Meresankh I 
  
• Nimaathap

4th Dynasty  

• Bunefer – |  A  |  B |
• Hekenuhedjet
• Henutsen – | A  | B |

4th Dynasty Cont.

• Hetepheres I  | A | B |
• Hetepheres II – | A | B |
• Khamerernebty I
• Khamerernebty II
• Khentetka
• Meresankh II
• Meresankh III – | A | B |
• Meritites I – | A | B |
• Persenet
• Rekhetre

5th Dynasty

• Bunefer
• Khentkaus I
• Khentkaus II
• Khentkaus III
• Khenut
• Khuit I
• Meresankh IV
• Meretnebty
• Nebet (queen)
• Nimaethap II
• Reptynub

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