What was the relationship between Akhenaten and Tutankhamun?

Genetic testing has verified that King Tut was the grandson of the great pharaoh Amenhotep III, and almost certainly the son of Akhenaten, a controversial figure in the history of the 18th dynasty of Egypt's New Kingdom (c. 1550-1295 B.C.).

1. Was Akhenaten the father of Tutankhamun?
2. How was King Tut related to the pharaoh Akhenaten and his queen Nefertiti?
3. Who did Tutankhamun marry and why?
4. Who is King Tut's dad?
5. Who is King Tut's wife?
6. Did King Tut marry his sister?
7. Why did Tutankhamun marry his sister?
8. Who was pharaoh after King Tut?
9. How many wives did King Tut have?
10. Who was Akhenaten and when did he rule?

Was Akhenaten the father of Tutankhamun?

King Tut has been either credited to be the son of Akhenaten or the offspring of Amenhotep III, who was Akhenaten's father. ... Scholars have long debated whether he is the son of Kiya, Akhenaten's minor wife, or Queen Nefertiti, Akhenaten's other wife.

How was King Tut related to the pharaoh Akhenaten and his queen Nefertiti?

Tut married his half sister Ankhesenamun, a daughter of Nefertiti and Akhenaten. And that makes Nefertiti his mother-in-law.

Who did Tutankhamun marry and why?

Tutankhamun was nine years of age when he ascended to the throne after the death of King Akhenaten's coregent, Smenkhkare. Shortly after his coronation, Tutankhamun was married to Ankhesenpaaton, Akhenaten's third daughter and (probably) the eldest surviving princess of the royal family.

Who is King Tut's dad?

Researchers have reconstructed the face of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who may have been King Tutankhamun's father, Akhenaten.

Who is King Tut's wife?

Shortly after his coronation, Tutankhamun was married to Ankhesenpaaton, Akhenaten's third daughter and (probably) the eldest surviving princess of the royal family. “The boy king” was counseled by two chief advisers, Ay and Horemheb.

Did King Tut marry his sister?

Did Tutankhamun have a queen? Prince Toutankhaton is believed to have ascended the throne around the age of eight/nine years and at the beginning of his reign he married his sister Princess Ankhesenamon (originally called Ankhesenpaaton), daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti.

Why did Tutankhamun marry his sister?

Incestuous alliances were common among Egypt's royalty, said renowned Egyptologist Zahi Hawass. “A king could marry his sister and his daughter because he is a god, like Iris and Osiris, and this was a habit only among kings and queens,” Hawass told a news conference at Cairo's Egyptian Museum.

Who was pharaoh after King Tut?

Ay, also spelled Aye, (flourished 14th century bce), king of ancient Egypt (reigned 1323–19 bce) of the 18th dynasty, who rose from the ranks of the civil service and the military to become king after the death of Tutankhamen.

How many wives did King Tut have?

King Tut's Wife

Around 1332 B.C.E., the same year that Tutankhaten took power, he married Ankhesenamun, his half-sister and the daughter of Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti. While the young couple had no surviving children, it is known they had two daughters, both likely to have been stillborn.

Who was Akhenaten and when did he rule?

Akhenaten came to power as the pharaoh of Egypt in either the year 1353 or 1351 BCE and reigned for roughly 17 years during the 18th dynasty of Egypt's New Kingdom. Akhenaten became best known to modern scholars for the new religion he created that centered on the Aten.