Meritites IV

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Meritites IV (also known as Meritites II as she was the second queen by that name; fl.c. 2250 BC) was a queen consort from the Sixth Dynasty. She was believed to be a wife of Pepi I,[1] but her title of King's Daughter of his body of Pepy-Mennefer (s3t-niswt-nt-kht.f-ppy-mn-nfr) is now understood to indicate that she was a daughter of Pepi I Meryre and wife of a king Neferkare, presumably Pepi II. One more evidence for that theory is that her name means "Beloved of her father".

Tenurec. 2250 BC
SpousePepi II
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Queen consort of Egypt
Tenurec. 2250 BC
KingPepi II
Burial
SpousePepi II
FatherPepi I
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Titles

Her titles include: Great one of the hetes-sceptre, She who sees Horus and Seth (m33t-hrw-stsh), Great of Praises (wrt-hzwt), King's Wife (hmt-nisw), King's Wife, his beloved (hmt-nisw meryt.f), and Companion of Horus (smrt-hrw).[2]

Burial

Meritites IV was buried in Saqqara.[3] Her pyramid lies to the south of the pyramid of Pepi I. Meritites' pyramid lies to the southwest of the complex of Queen Inenek-Inti and to the south of the queen's pyramid referred to as the "Southwestern pyramid".[4]

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