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Gassulawiya

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Died
  
1313 BC

Spouse
  
Muršili II

Children
  
Ḫattušili III, Muwatalli II, Maššana-uzzi, Ḫalpa-šulupi

Grandchildren
  
Mursili III, Tudḫaliya IV, Kurunta, Maathorneferure, Kilushepa, Tasmi-Sarruma

Great grandchildren
  
Suppiluliuma II, Arnuwanda III, Hartapu

Similar
  
Muršili II, Ḫattušili III, Muwatalli II, Puduḫepa, Tudḫaliya IV

Gassulawiya was a Hittite queen of the king Mursili II, ruler of the Hittite Empire (New kingdom) ca. 1321–1295 BC (short chronology).

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Family

Gassulawiya is known to have had several children including a daughter named Massanauzzi (referred to as Matanaza in correspondence with Ramesses II) married to Masturi, a ruler of a vassal state and three sons named Muwatalli, Hattusili III and Halpasulupi. Mursili had further children with a second wife named Tanuhepa. Their names have not been recorded however.

Illness

Obviously by the end of her life Gassulawiya endured severe illness, as she addressed the goddess Lilwanis with a substitute statue, in order to be relieved from her illness.

Literature

  • Bryce, Trevor, (1998): How Old Was Matanazi?, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 84.
  • Edel, E., (1994): Die ägyptisch-hethitische Korrespondenz aus Boghazköi in babylonischer und hethitischer Sprache
  • Klengel,H., (1999): Geschichte des hethitischen Reiches, Leiden, Boston, Köln
  • References

    Gassulawiya Wikipedia