Queen Tiye from the tomb of Userhat (Brussels)
Daughter of Yuya and Tuya and wife of Amenhotep III.
Mother of Tuthmosis, Amenhotep (later to be called Akhenaten), Sitamen, Henuttaneb, Isis, Nebetah, and Baketaten.
Yuya and Tuya were the non royal parents of Queen Tiye.
Yuya was commander of the Chariotry, God's Father and High Priest of Min.
Tuya was Chief of the Harem of Amun and Min.
Tiye was the daughter of Yuya, the High Priest of Min from Akhmin and his wife , the chief of the Harem Tuya.
Tiye had at least one brother who later rose to the position of Second Priest of Amun in Karnak.
Tiye must have been quite young herself when she was married of to the young Pharaoh Amenhotep III.
Tiye is mentioned on several marriage scarabs and other documents from early in the reign.
Later during the reign of Amenhotep III she became a very iinfluential lady at court.
It is interesting for instance to note that several large statues exist that show Tiye depicted at the same size as her husband.
The dyad that is now in the Cairo Museum is a good example.
A temple was dedicated to Queen Tiye in Sedeinga, Nubia during the latter part of Amenhotep's reign.
Tiye represents the "eye of Re" and her temple is the female counterpart to a larger temple dedicated to Amenhotep III nearby.
Some see these dual temples as a fore runner of the double temple complex of Ramesses II and his wife Nefertari at Abu Simbel.
Tiye gave births to several children during her marriage to Amenhotep III.
She is depicted with several daughters in for instance the temple at Soleb.
Two royal princesses, Sitamen and Isis, are among the royal princesses thought to be her daughters.
These two royal women would later be elevated to the rank of great royal wife by their father!
