Ankhesenpepi II

, Also called Anchenespepi II Anchenesmerire II, was a queen of ancient Egyptian 6th Dynasty.

Family

Anchenespepi did not come from the royal family. Her parents, on the almost nothing is known, were called Chui and Nebet. She was first married to Pharaoh Pepi I, as well as their eponymous sister Anchenespepi I. Her brother Zau held under Pepi I. the office of vizier. From her marriage with this king a son is known: the later Pharaoh Pepi II After the death of Pepi I. She married again. Her second husband was her nephew Merenre I., son of her sister Anchenespepi I and Pepi I. Merenre I died but after a few years on the throne. He was followed by Pepi II, who was still a minor at the time of his accession and Anchenespepi II acted for the reason for some years as regent.

Tomb

→ Main article Pepi I. Pyramid # The Pyramid of Anchenespepi II

For Anchenespepi II of the pyramid of her first husband Pepi I. has been queens south built a pyramid. With a side length of 31.20 m, it is the largest of at least eight queens tombs built here. The remains of the pyramid were not discovered until 1998 by French archaeologists.

Further evidence

Except in the vicinity of their pyramid Anchenespepi is mentioned on some finds from Abydos, including a door-post, which also bears the name of her brother. Furthermore, its name is mentioned on vessels from a grave in Badari and in a rock inscription of Pepi I. in Wadi Maghara on Sinai. Of unknown origin are an alabaster statue at the Brooklyn Museum, the Anchenespepi with her son Pepi II shows the once located in Berlin and now lost shaft of a headrest and an alabaster cup in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.