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Ankhesenpepi I (also Ankhenespepi I or Ankhenesmeryre I; fl. c. 2310 BC) was a queen consort during the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt.
Biography
[edit ]Ankhesenpepi was a daughter of the female vizier Nebet and her husband Khui, nomarch of Abydos. Ankhesenpepi's sister was Ankhenespepi II, and her brother was Vizier Djau.[1]
Both sisters – Ankhesenpepi I and II – were married to King Pepi I whose throne name was Meryre; their name was probably taken when the marriage took place, since it means "Her life belongs to Pepi/Meryre". Both queens gave birth to successors of Pepi: the son of Ankhesenpepi I was Nemtyemsaf I, who ruled only for a few years; the son of Ankhenespepi II was Pepi II, who succeeded after Nemtyemsaf's death.[2]
She is mentioned together with her sister on their brother's stela in Abydos, also, at her pyramid, on an inscription now in Berlin, and a decree in Abydos.[3]
Her titles were: King's Wife, King's Mother, Great of Sceptre.[3]
