Nitokkris of Egypt

Evidence needed to support as wife of Nebuchadnezzar II, king of Babylon & daughter of Necho II, Pharaoh of Egypt

Nitokkris of Egypt

• Given Name: Nitokkris
• Surname: of Egypt
• Sex: F
• Death: Y
• Father: Necho II of Egypt
• Mother: Chedebnitjerbone
• Marriage 1 Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon

Children

1. Nitokkris of Babylon

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitocris_of_Babylon

Identity of Nitocris

In the past, various hypotheses have been proposed to link her with one or several known persons:[8]

• Naqi'a, wife of Sanherib, known for building activities
• Adad-happe, the historical mother of Nabonidus, last king of Babylon
• an otherwise unknown wife of Nebuchadnezzar II or a daughter of his.[9] The latter view is the most commonly accepted.

It is possible as well that Nabonidus married one of Nebuchadnezzar II's daughters, a marriage which could potentially have been secured through his mother's influence. Not only would such a connection explain Nabonidus's rise to the throne (being connected to the royal family) but it would also explain later historical traditions in which Nabonidus's son, Belshazzar, is described as Nebuchadnezzar II's descendant; as in the Book of Daniel in the Hebrew Bible, where Belshazzar is referred to as Nebuchadnezzar II's (grand)son.[10] William H. Shea proposed in 1982 that Nitocris may tentatively be identified as the name of Nabonidus's wife and Belshazzar's mother.[11]

It is conjectured that Nabonidus married Queen regnant Nitocris, a daughter of Nebuchadnezzar, and that Nitocris was credited with many constructions as co-sovereign with her husband.[12]

https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~dearbornboutwell/genealogy/fam5427....

Herodotus also has a Babylonian queen of the same name and talks of her constructions in Babylon, mainly connected with diverting the Euphrates. His story about her tomb and the inscription on it which fooled Darius into opening it, only to have another inscription on the inside that chastised the opener for being so greedy is an early example of a familiar cultural meme.

References

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jdp-fam&i...
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitocris_of_Babylon In the past, various hypotheses have been proposed to link her with one or several known persons:[8] an otherwise unknown wife of Nebuchadnezzar II or a daughter of his.[9] The latter view is the most commonly accepted.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitocris Nitocris (Greek: Νίτωκρις) possibly was the last queen of the Sixth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. accurate resources: a major chronological documentation of the reigns of the kings of ancient Egypt that was composed in the third-century BC by Manetho, an Ancient Egyptian priest and by the ancient Greek historian, Herodotus, in his Histories (430 BC). She is thought to be the daughter of Pepi II and Neith and to be the sister of Merenre Nemtyemsaf II.[2] Her historicity has been questioned by some with speculation that, if she was a historical ruler, she may have been a regent. Another view, by the Egyptologist Kim Ryholt, argues that Nitocris is legendary and derives from the historical king Neitiqerty Siptah who succeeded Nitocris's brother, Merenre Nemtyemsaf II, at the transition between the Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necho_II Does not show a daughter of Necho II died in 595 BC
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebuchadnezzar_II No surviving contemporary Babylonian documents provide the name of Nebuchadnezzar's wife.