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{{Short description|14th century BC Hittite queen}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Daduhepa
| title        = Queen
| titletext    = ''of the [[Hittites]]'' ([[Tawananna]])
| predecessor  = [[Ašmu-nikal]]
| birth_date   = 14th century BC
| death_date   = ca. 1345 BC
| consort      = yes
| spouse       = [[Tudḫaliya I]] or [[Šuppiluliuma I]]
| issue        = [[Šuppiluliuma I]] or [[Arnuwanda II]] and [[Muršili II]]
| father       = [[Tushratta]]
}}
'''Daduhepa''' (also written '''Daduḫepa''' or '''Duduḫepa''') was a [[Hittites|Hittite]] queen ([[Tawananna]]) who reigned in the 14th century BC. Her lineage is obscure, but she is believed to have been the [[Queen consort|consort]] of either [[Tudḫaliya I]] or [[Šuppiluliuma I]].
== Biography ==
Daduhepa was one of the queens of the [[Hittite New Kingdom]], and was one of the first Hittite queens to have a [[Hurrians|Hurrian]] name after the Hittites incorporated that group into their empire.<ref name=":0">Güterbock, 387.</ref>
In some sources, Daduhepa is stated to have been a wife of [[Šuppiluliuma I]] along with [[Ḫenti]], who also had a Hurrian name.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Bryce, 25.</ref> In this case, she would have had the sons [[Arnuwanda II]] and [[Muršili II]].<ref>Gamer-Wallert, 188.</ref>
In more recent studies, evidence points to Daduhepa being the consort of Šuppiluliuma's father, who is known as Tudḫaliya or Tašmišarri. Because she was written about as being queen during her son's rule, Daduhepa is believed to have outlived her husband and maintained her status of queen, as per the [[Tawananna]] tradition.<ref>Bryce, 26.</ref> She has been found depicted and named on several seals alongside her son Šuppiluliuma. She retained her status until her death around 1345 BC, after which Henti, the first wife of Šuppiluliuma, assumed the title of Tawananna and the queenship.{{cn|date=May 2022}}
== References ==
=== Notes ===
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=== Bibliography ===
* {{Cite journal |last=Güterbock |first=Hans |date=1 October 1954 |title=The Hurrian Element in the Hittite Empire |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1298903346 |journal=Journal of World History |publisher=Editions de la Baconnière |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=383–395 |id={{ProQuest|1298903346}} |via=ProQuest}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Bryce |first=Trevor |date=1989 |title=Some Observations on the Chronology of Šuppiluliuma's Reign |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3642809.pdf |journal=Anatolian Studies |publisher=British Institute at Ankara |volume=39 |pages=19–30 |doi=10.2307/3642809 |jstor=3642809 |s2cid=163090197 |via=JSTOR}}
* {{Cite book |last=Gamer-Wallert |first=Ingrid |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X4YiAQAAIAAJ&q=Daduhepa |title=Troia: Brücke zwischen Orient und Okzident |publisher=Attempto Verlag |year=1992 |isbn=9783893081509 |language=de}}
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