Neferu I

Neferu I ("the beauty") was the first queen of Ancient Egyptian Eleventh dynasty. She was a wife of the Pharaoh Mentuhotep I.^[2]

Neferu I
Sunk relief of Neferu having her hair done, now at the Brooklyn Museum^[1]
Title	Queen of Egypt
Spouse	King Mentuhotep I
Children	Intef I Intef II
Relatives	Intef III (grandson)

Neferu in hieroglyphs
Era: Middle Kingdom (2055–1650 BC)

Her sons were Intef I and Intef II and she was a grandmother of Intef III and Queen Iah, his wife. She was also a great-grandmother of Neferu II.^[3]

She is mentioned on one stela.

It is possible that she is the same as the Queen Neferukayet, who is thought to be wife of Intef II. Her titles would be then: "King's wife, his beloved", "King's daughter" and "Royal Ornament".^[4]

References

1. Sunk relief of queen Neferu
2. Dynasty 11
3. Dodson, A., Hilton, D., The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson, 2004
4. Intef II