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See also Muwatalli II
Muwatalli I
Cause of deathkilled by his servants
Predecessor Huzziya II
Successor Tudhaliya I
SpouseWalanni
Relativesmaybe Huzziya II

Muwatalli I was a king of the Hittites.

Biography

Muwatalli killed his predecessor Huzziya II. He was the Chief of the Royal Bodyguard(position known as the Gal mesedi) of Huzziya, but later he killed him. He may have been Huzziya's younger brother.

Muwatalli's Chief of the Royal Bodyguard was called Muwa. Muwattalli himself was killed in a palace by Himuili, the Chief of the Palace Servants, and Kantuzili, the Overseer of the Gold Chariot Fighters. [1]

His wife was called Walanni. [2]

External links

Sources

  1. ^ The organisation of the Hittite military by Richard Henry Beal
  2. ^ The Tawananna in the Hittite kingdom by Shoshana R. Bin-Nun
Regnal titles
Preceded by Hittite king
ca. 1420 BC
Succeeded by
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
See also Muwatalli II
Muwatalli I
Cause of deathkilled by his servants
Predecessor Huzziya II
Successor Tudhaliya I
SpouseWalanni
Relativesmaybe Huzziya II

Muwatalli I was a king of the Hittites.

Biography

Muwatalli killed his predecessor Huzziya II. He was the Chief of the Royal Bodyguard(position known as the Gal mesedi) of Huzziya, but later he killed him. He may have been Huzziya's younger brother.

Muwatalli's Chief of the Royal Bodyguard was called Muwa. Muwattalli himself was killed in a palace by Himuili, the Chief of the Palace Servants, and Kantuzili, the Overseer of the Gold Chariot Fighters. [1]

His wife was called Walanni. [2]

External links

Sources

  1. ^ The organisation of the Hittite military by Richard Henry Beal
  2. ^ The Tawananna in the Hittite kingdom by Shoshana R. Bin-Nun
Regnal titles
Preceded by Hittite king
ca. 1420 BC
Succeeded by

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