Shepenupet I

Shepenupet I

Pharaoh Infobox | Name=Shepenupet I| Predecessor=N/A
Successor=Amenirdis I
Reign= 754–714 BC
Dynasty=23rd Dynasty
Role=Divine Adoratrice of Amun
Father = Osorkon III
Mother = Queen Karoadjet
Brother = Takelot III & Rudamun
Alt = Shapenewpet I

Shepenupet I (or sometime Shapenewpet I) was the first of the "hereditary" God's Wife or Divine Adoratrice of Amun to wield political power in ancient Thebes and its surrounding region. She was the daughter of Osorkon III and Queen Karoadjet, and the half-sister of Takelot III and Rudamun. When Kashta, a monarch of the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty, extended his influence to the Theban area, she was compelled to adopt Kashta's daughter Amenirdis I as her successor and name her as her chosen heir. Shepenupet is known to have survived into the reign of Shebitku since she is depicted on a section of a wall Temple J which was decorated under this Nubian king.


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