RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Meritaten

1400 BC - 1400 BC

Meritaten

Meritaten, also spelled Merytaten, Meritaton or Meryetaten (Ancient Egyptian: mrii.t-itn) (14th century BC), was an ancient Egyptian royal woman of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Her name means "She who is beloved of Aten"; Aten being the sun-deity whom her father, Pharaoh Akhenaten, worshipped. She held several titles, performing official roles for her father and becoming the Great Royal Wife to Pharaoh Smenkhkare, who may have been a brother or son of Akhenaten. Meritaten also may have served as pharaoh in her own right under the name Ankhkheperure Neferneferuaten. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Meritaten is the 573rd most popular religious figure (down from 549th in 2019), the 102nd most popular biography from Egypt (up from 104th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Egyptian Religious Figure.

Meritaten was the daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti. She was the second wife of her father and the mother of Tutankhamun. She is most famous for being the mother of Tutankhamun, who was the last Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Meritaten ranks 573 out of 3,187. Before her are Ibn Hazm, Annas, Josemaría Escrivá, Pope Severinus, Pope Stephen V, and Paul the Deacon. After her are Nicodemus, Musa al-Kadhim, Ibn Majah, Kane Tanaka, Francis of Paola, and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow.

Most Popular Religious Figures in Wikipedia

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Ibn Hazm
994 - 1064
HPI: 72.87
Rank: 567
Annas
22 BC - 66
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 568
Josemaría Escrivá
1902 - 1975
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 569
Pope Severinus
600 - 640
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 570
Pope Stephen V
850 - 891
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 571
Paul the Deacon
720 - 799
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 572
Meritaten
1400 BC - 1400 BC
HPI: 72.75
Rank: 573
Nicodemus
50 BC - 100
HPI: 72.75
Rank: 574
Musa al-Kadhim
745 - 799
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 575
Ibn Majah
824 - 886
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 576
Kane Tanaka
1903 - 2022
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 577
Francis of Paola
1416 - 1507
HPI: 72.69
Rank: 578
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 579

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1400 BC, Meritaten ranks 5. Before her are Nefertiti, Akhenaten, Jethro, and Smenkhkare. After her are Muršili II, Shalmaneser I, Meritamen, Mursili III, Adad-nirari I, Kiya, and Ashur-uballit I. Among people deceased in 1400 BC, Meritaten ranks 5. Before her are Ay, Jethro, Ankhesenamun, and Thutmose IV. After her are Tudḫaliya I, Kiya, Amenhotep, son of Hapu, Tadukhipa, Neferneferure, Neferneferuaten Tasherit, and Ḫattušili II.

Others Born in 1400 BC

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Nefertiti
COMPANION
1400 BC - 1330 BC
HPI: 87.28
Rank: 1
Akhenaten
POLITICIAN
1400 BC - 1336 BC
HPI: 85.92
Rank: 2
Jethro
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1400 BC - 1400 BC
HPI: 77.68
Rank: 3
Smenkhkare
POLITICIAN
1400 BC - 1334 BC
HPI: 76.75
Rank: 4
Meritaten
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1400 BC - 1400 BC
HPI: 72.75
Rank: 5
Muršili II
POLITICIAN
1400 BC - 1300 BC
HPI: 70.85
Rank: 6
Shalmaneser I
POLITICIAN
1400 BC - 1300 BC
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 7
Meritamen
COMPANION
1400 BC - 1300 BC
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 8
Mursili III
POLITICIAN
1400 BC - 1267 BC
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 9
Adad-nirari I
POLITICIAN
1400 BC - 1274 BC
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 10
Kiya
POLITICIAN
1400 BC - 1400 BC
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 11
Ashur-uballit I
POLITICIAN
1400 BC - 1318 BC
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1400 BC

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Ay
POLITICIAN
1380 BC - 1400 BC
HPI: 82.19
Rank: 1
Jethro
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1400 BC - 1400 BC
HPI: 77.68
Rank: 2
Ankhesenamun
COMPANION
1347 BC - 1400 BC
HPI: 77.52
Rank: 3
Thutmose IV
PHYSICIAN
1420 BC - 1400 BC
HPI: 73.84
Rank: 4
Meritaten
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1400 BC - 1400 BC
HPI: 72.75
Rank: 5
Tudḫaliya I
POLITICIAN
1500 BC - 1400 BC
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 6
Kiya
POLITICIAN
1400 BC - 1400 BC
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 7
Amenhotep, son of Hapu
ARCHITECT
1420 BC - 1400 BC
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 8
Tadukhipa
POLITICIAN
1365 BC - 1400 BC
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 9
Neferneferure
POLITICIAN
1400 BC - 1400 BC
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 10
Neferneferuaten Tasherit
COMPANION
1400 BC - 1400 BC
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 11
Ḫattušili II
POLITICIAN
1350 BC - 1400 BC
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 12