Royal Women Holding The Office of God's Wife of Amun
Holders of the office from the tenth through the twelfth dynasties are not noted on this list because they were not women from the royal line.
- Ahhotep I - wife of Seqenenre Tao II and mother of Ahmose, the title God’s Wife only appears on her coffin, first to hold this title
- Ahmose Nefertari - daughter of Seqenenre Tao II and sister-wife of Ahmose - first royal woman known to hold the office
- Sitkamose - probably a daughter of Kamose, may have become God's Wife only posthumously
- Ahmose-Meritamon - daughter of Ahmose and sister-wife of Amenhotep I
- (Ahmose-)Sitamun - daughter of Ahmose, represented as a colossal statue in front of the eight pylon at Karnak
- Hatshepsut - daughter of Tuthmosis I and Queen Ahmose, given title of Divine Adoratrice of Amun also, became pharaoh
- Neferure - daughter of Tuthmosis II and Queen-Pharaoh Hatshepsut, possibly first royal wife of Tuthmosis III
- Iset - mother of Tuthmosis III, received the title of God's Wife after her death
- Satiah - next wife of Tuthmosis III in the early part of his reign
- Merytre-Hatshepsut - next wife of Tuthmosis III, mother of his heir, she was the daughter of the Divine Adoratrice of Amun Huy
- Meritamen - daughter of Tuthmosis III and Merytre-Hatshepsut
- Tiaa - wife of Amenhotep II and mother of Tuthmosis IV
(hiatus - when the title was not used, due to political and religious changes that occurred and reverted again)
- Sitre - wife of Ramesses I, mother of Seti I, use of the title resumes after hiatus imposed by Amenhotep II
- (Mut-)Tuy - wife of Seti I and mother of Ramesses II
- Nefertari-Merymut - wife of Ramesses II, Nefertari may have been the de facto God's Wife; this theory is based on epithets in her tomb, on scarabs, on a fragment of a statue from Dendara (PM V, 115), her insignia, and the designation of the royal couple as incarnations on earth of the divine couple Amun(-Rê) and Mut(-Hathor); Kichen mentions she is attested twice as God's wife in her tomb QV66
- Twosret - wife of Seti II, regent for Siptah
- Iset Ta-Hemdjert - wife of Ramesses III
- (Dua)Tentopet - wife of Ramesses IV, she was a Divine Adoratrice of Amun
- Aset - daughter of Ramesses VI, also given title of Divine Adoratrice of Amun, stipulation established by Ramesses for the holder of the God's Wife title to remain a virgin and facilitate the transfer of power by adopting the daughter of the next pharaoh
- Tyti - possibly the wife of Ramesses X
- Maatkare (prenomen: Mutemhat) - daughter of Pinudjem I and Henuttawy Q
- Henuttawy - daughter of Isetemkheb IV and Pinudjem II
- Karomama Meritmut (prenomen: Sitamen Mutemhat) - possibly a daughter of Osorkon II
- (?)Tashakheper - daughter of Osorkon II, may be the God’s Wife mentioned during the reign of Takelot III
- Shepenwepet I (prenomen: Khnemet-ib-amun) - daughter of Osorkon III and Karoatjet, served as God’s Wife of Amun from the beginning of her father’s reign, and adopted Amenirdis I
- Amenirdis I (prenomen: Khaneferumut) - daughter of Kashta, served through the reigns of Shabaka and Shabataka
- Shepenwepet II (prenomen: Henut-neferumut-iryetre) - daughter of Piye, served as God’s Wife from the reign of Taharqa until after year 9 of Psamtik I
- Amenirdis II - daughter of Taharqa, adopted by Shepenwepet II, may have been passed over after the death of Shepenwepet II to have the position go to Nitokris
- Nitokris I Shepenwepet III (prenomen: Nebetneferumut) - daughter of Psamtik I
- Ankhnesneferibre (prenomen: Hekatneferumut) - daughter of Psamtik II, adopted by Nitokris I, became God’s Wife of Amun in year 4 of the reign of her brother Wahibre
- Nitokris II - daughter of Ahmose II and Ankhenesneferibre’s intended successor, probably never served due to the Persian invasion
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