Ankhsenamun (born c. 1350 BCE and known as Ankhesenpaaten in youth) was the daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. She was married to her father and may have borne him one daughter, Ankhesenpaaten Tasherit ('Ankhesenpaaten the Younger'), before she was 13 years old.
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c. 1350 BCEBirth of Ankhsenamun, daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, wife of Tutankhamun.
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c. 1336 BCERoyal marriage of Ankhsenamun to Tutankhamun.
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c. 1336 BCE - c. 1327 BCEReign of Tutankhamun with Ankhsenamun as queen.
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1327 BCEDeath of Tutankhamun at the age of 18.
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c. 1327 BCE - c. 1326 BCEAnkhsenamun writes to Hittite King asking him to send a son to be her husband and King of Egypt.
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c. 1327 BCE - c. 1326 BCEAnkhsenamun vanishes from the historical record.
