Ankhesenpepi I
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{{Infobox monarch
| name = Ankhesenpepi I
{{center|
| succession = Queen consort of Egypt
| reign = c. 2310 BC
| regent = Pepi I
| reg-type = King
| consort = yes
| spouse = Pepi I
| issue = Nemtyemsaf I
| father = Khui
| mother = Nebet
| religion = Ancient Egyptian religion
}}
Ankhesenpepi I (also Ankhenespepi I or Ankhenesmeryre I; {{fl.|{{circa}} 2310 BC}}) was a queen consort during the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt.
Biography
Ankhesenpepi was a daughter of the female vizier Nebet and her husband Khui, nomarch of Abydos. Ankhesenpepi's sister was Ankhenespepi II, and her brother was Vizier Djau.Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, 2004, {{ISBN|0-500-05128-3}}, pp.16,73
Both sisters – Ankhesenpepi I and II – were married to King Pepi I whose throne name was Meryre; their name was probably taken when the marriage took place, since it means "Her life belongs to Pepi/Meryre". Both queens gave birth to successors of Pepi: the son of Ankhesenpepi I was Nemtyemsaf I, who ruled only for a few years; the son of Ankhenespepi II was Pepi II, who succeeded after Nemtyemsaf's death.Dodson & Hilton, p.71
She is mentioned together with her sister on their brother's stela in Abydos, also, at her pyramid, on an inscription now in Berlin, and a decree in Abydos.Dodson & Hilton, p.74
Her titles were: King's Wife, King's Mother, Great of Sceptre.
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{{Queens of Ancient Egypt}}
Category:Queens consort of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt
Category:24th-century BC women
Category:23rd-century BC women
Category:3rd-millennium BC births