Queen Nitocris
Egyptian History
Old Kingdom
Home
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Rule
2152 - 2150 BC.
Predecessor
husband
Merenre II
Father
Pepi II
Dynasty
6th
Consort
Merenre II
Capital city
Memphis
Achievements
1st Egyptian Queen
Burial
Unknown
Succesor
End of Old Kingdom
First female
Pharaoh
of Egypt
she came into power when her brother and husband
Merenre II
was murdered.
she invited his murders to a banquet and then flooded the sealed banquet room with the
Nile
.
Then she committed suicide by running into a room of burning embers and flinging herself into the flames
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