- Ankhesenpepi I
Ankhesenpepi I or Ankhesenmeryre I was a queen consort during the
sixth dynasty of Egypt . She and her sisterAnkhesenpepi II were the daughters of Khui and the vizierNebet and were sisters of the VizierDjau [Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, 2004, ISBN 0-500-05128-3, pp.16,73] . Both were married toPharaoh 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 wasMerenre Nemtyemsaf I , who ruled only for a few years; the son of Ankhesenpepi II wasPepi II , who succeeded after Nemtyemsaf's death. [Dodson & Hilton, op.cit., p.71]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. [Dodson & Hilton, op.cit., p.74]Her titles were: "King's Wife, King's Mother,
Great of Sceptre ." [Dodson & Hilton, op.cit., p.74]ource
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