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Amanirenas (also spelled Amanirena), was queen regnant of the Kingdom of Kush from the end of the 1st century BCE to beginning of the 1st century CE. [1] She is known for invading Roman occupied Egypt and successfully negotiating the end of Roman retaliation, [2] retaining Kushite independence.
Kushite royal pyramids in Meroë. The system of royal succession in the Kingdom of Kush is not well understood. [4] There are no known administrative documents or histories written by the Kushites themselves; [5] because very little of the royal genealogy can be reliably reconstructed, it is impossible to determine how the system functioned in theory and when or if it was ever broken. [6]
The Queens of Kush. Some were Kandakes, ruling in their own right, while others were queen consorts. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. Q.
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Relief depicting Kandake Amanitore. Kandake, kadake or kentake (Meroitic: 𐦲𐦷𐦲𐦡 kdke), [1] often Latinised as Candace (Ancient Greek: Κανδάκη, Kandakē), [1] was the Meroitic term for the sister of the king of Kush who, due to the matrilineal succession, would bear the next heir, making her a queen mother.
Shanakdakhete, also spelled Shanakdakheto [1] or Sanakadakhete, [2] was a queen regnant of the Kingdom of Kush, ruling from Meroë in the early first century AD. [2] Shanakdakhete is poorly attested, though is known to have constructed a temple in Naqa .
Strabo mentions a Kushite queen (also known as Candace) and describes her as a masculine sort of woman with one eye blind, who played an important role in the Roman-Kushite encounters and negotiating with the Romans (Geography 17.54.1). In fact, 'Candace' is only the Kushite title for queen, and her name is Amanirenas. She was residing at ...
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