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She was the daughter of the first Kushite pharaoh Piye, and sister of Piye"s successors Taharqa and Shabaka.
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Shepenupet Shepenupet II
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She was adopted by her predecessor in office, Amenirdis I, a sister of Piye. Shepenupet was God"s Wife of Amun from the beginning of Taharqa"s reign until Year 9 of Pharaoh Psamtik I. While in office she had to come to a power sharing arrangement with the mayor of Thebes, Mentuemhat. Her niece Amenirdis, the daughter of Taharqa, was appointed as her heiress.
Shepenupet was compelled to adopt Nitocris, daughter of pharaoh Psamtik I who reunited Egypt after the Assyrian conquest.
This is evidenced by the so-called Adoption Stela of Nitocris. In 656 British Columbia, in Year 9 of the reign of Psamtik I, she received Nitocris at Thebes.
Her tomb is located in the grounds of Medinet Habu. She was succeeded as Divine Adoratrice by Amenirdis II who was succeeded by Nitocris I.
