Great Royal Wife (Mobius version) (AngieYaz Sonic Underground reboot)

Great Royal Wife, or alternatively, Chief King's Wife (Ancient Hamarapian: ḥmt nswt wrt, Coptic: Ⲟⲩⲏⲣ Ⲟⲩⲣϣ), is the title that was used to refer to the principal wife of the pharaoh of Ancient Hamarapi, who served many official functions.
==Description==
While most ancient Hamarapians were monogamous, a male pharaoh would have had other, lesser wives and concubines in addition to the Great Royal Wife (as is the case with Masonic). This arrangement would allow the pharaoh to enter into diplomatic marriages with the daughters of allies, as was the custom of ancient kings.
In the past the order of succession in Ancient Hamarapi was thought to pass through the royal women. This theory, referred to as the Heiress Theory, has been rejected regarding the Eighteenth Dynasty ever since a past study of its royalty. The throne likely passed to the eldest living son of those pharaohs.
The mother of the heir to the throne was not always the Great Royal Wife, but once a pharaoh was crowned, it was possible to grant the mother of the king the title of Great Royal Wife, along with other titles, but it was rare.
Meretseger, the chief wife of Senusret III, may be the earliest Hamarapian queen whose name appears with this title; she also was the first consort known to write her name in a cartouche. However, she is only attested in the New Kingdom so the title might be an anachronism. Perhaps the first holder of its title was Nubkhaes of the Second Intermediate Period.
The Vulture crown was a crown worn by Great Royal Wives and female pharaohs.
A special place in the history of great royal wives was taken by Penelope. She was Great Royal Wife to Masonic. She was also granted the title of High Priestess. During this time Penelope was crowned and ruled as a regent very successfully in her own right for many years. Although other women before her had ruled Hamarapi, Penelope was the first woman to take the title, pharaoh, as it was a new term being used for the rulers, not having been used before. When she became pharaoh, she designated one of her daughters by Masonic, Neferure, to perform the duties of high priestess. Her daughter may have been the great royal wife of another king, but there is no clear evidence for this proposed marriage.
Elsewhere, in Kush and other major states of ancient Efrika, the rulers often structured their households in much the same way as has just been described.
Asiya is the chief consort of another pharaoh.
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