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Nefertari

1290 BC - 1255 BC

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Nefertari, also known as Nefertari Meritmut, was an Egyptian queen and the first of the Great Royal Wives (or principal wives) of Ramesses the Great. She is one of the best known Egyptian queens, among such women as Cleopatra, Nefertiti, and Hatshepsut, and one of the most prominent not known or thought to have reigned in her own right. She was highly educated and able to both read and write hieroglyphs, a very rare skill at the time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nefertari has received more than 2,282,304 page views. Her biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Nefertari is the 15th most popular companion (up from 19th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Egypt (up from 29th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Egyptian Companion.

Nefertari is most famous for being the queen of Egypt during the 18th dynasty. She was married to Ramesses II and was the mother of six children, including two sons who would become pharaohs.

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  • 77.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Nefertari ranks 15 out of 673. Before her are Eva Braun, Helena, Khadija bint Khuwaylid, Empress Joséphine, Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, and Madame de Pompadour. After her are Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Jane Seymour, Ankhesenamun, Roxana, Bathsheba, and Elizabeth of York.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1290 BC, Nefertari ranks 1. After her is Siptah. Among people deceased in 1255 BC, Nefertari ranks 1. 

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    Nefertari

    1290 BC - 1255 BC

    HPI: 77.00

    Rank: 1

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    Siptah

    1290 BC - 1191 BC

    HPI: 63.94

    Rank: 2

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Nefertari ranks 22 out of 582. Before her are Imhotep (-2800), Plotinus (203), Rudolf Hess (1894), Hosni Mubarak (1928), Anwar Sadat (1918), and Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918). After her are Dalida (1933), Hagar (-1800), Diophantus (201), Seti I (-1323), Hero of Alexandria (10), and Khafra (-2550).

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Among COMPANIONS In Egypt

Among companions born in Egypt, Nefertari ranks 2. Before her are Nefertiti (-1400). After her are Ankhesenamun (-1347), Fawzia Fuad of Egypt (1921), Arsinoe II (-316), Meritamen (-1400), Nazli Sabri (1894), Bintanath (-1300), Farida of Egypt (1921), Meketaten (-1348), Tjuyu (-1401), and Suzanne Mubarak (1941).

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