Meritaten was the eldest daughter of King Akhenaten by his wife Nefertiti. Beginning in year 12 of her father's reign, Meritaten replaced her mother in the official ceremonies and held the title of the Great Royal Wife. Later she married Smenkhkare, the co-regent and successor of Akhenaten. |
Qatr Al-Nada, was the most famous of all the women who were given that name, in the history of Egypt. The reason stems from her spectacular and magnificent wedding ceremony. Her father wed her to the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mu'tadid. A palace was built, for the wedding ceremony at each interval from Egypt to Iraq, supplied with all that might be needed. |