Editing Tiye (section)

==Family and early life==
Tiye's father, [[Yuya]], was a non-royal, wealthy landowner from the Upper Egyptian town of [[Akhmim]],{{sfn|Tyldesley|2006|p=115}} where he served as a [[priest]] and superintendent of oxen or commander of the chariotry.<ref>"Bart, Anneke. "Ancient Egypt." http://euler.slu.edu/~bart/egyptianhtml/kings%20and%20Queens/amenhotepiii.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924075751/http://euler.slu.edu/~bart/egyptianhtml/kings%20and%20Queens/amenhotepiii.htm |date=2016-09-24 }}</ref> Tiye's mother, [[Thuya]], was involved in many religious cults, as her different titles attested (''Singer of Hathor'', ''Chief of the Entertainers'' of both [[Amun]] and [[Min (god)|Min]]...),{{sfn|Tyldesley|2006|p=116}} which suggests that she was a member of the royal family.

[[File:Scarab Commemorating the King&#039;s Marriage to Queen Tiye MET DP310883.jpg|thumb|left|Commemorative marriage scarab of Amenhotep III and Tiye]]
Egyptologists have suggested that Tiye's father, Yuya, was of foreign origin due to the features of his mummy and the many different spellings of his name, which might imply it was a non-Egyptian name in origin.{{sfn|O'Connor|Cline|1998|p=5}} Some suggest that the queen's strong political and unconventional religious views might have been due not just to a strong character, but to foreign descent.{{sfn|Tyldesley|2006|p=116}}

Tiye also had a brother, [[Anen]], who was Second Prophet of [[Amun]].{{sfn|O'Connor|Cline|1998|p=5-6}} [[Ay (pharaoh)|Ay]], a successor of [[Tutankhamun]] as pharaoh after the latter's death, is believed to be yet another brother of Tiye, despite no clear date or monument confirming a link between the two. [[Egyptology|Egyptologists]] presume this connection from Ay's origins (also from Akhmin), because he is known to have built a chapel dedicated to the local god Min there, and because he inherited most of the titles that Tiye's father, Yuya, held at the court of Amenhotep III during his lifetime.{{sfn|Tyldesley|2006|p=116}}<ref>Shaw, Ian. ''The Oxford history of Ancient Egypt''. Oxford University Press: London, 2003. p.253</ref>

Tiye was married to Amenhotep III by the second year of his reign. He had been born of a secondary wife of his father and needed a stronger tie to the royal lineage.{{sfn|O'Connor|Cline|1998|p=5}} Their marriage was celebrated by the issue of commemorative scarabs, announcing Tiye as Great Royal Wife and giving the names of her parents.<ref name="Hayes 231">{{cite book |last1=Hayes |first1=William C. |title=The Sceptre of Egypt: A Background for the Study of the Egyptian Antiquities in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Part II, The Hyksos Period and the New Kingdom (1675–1080 B.C.) |date=1959 |publisher=The Metropolitan Museum of Art |location=New York |page=231 |edition=1990 (revised) |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/The_Scepter_of_Egypt_Vol_2_The_Hyksos_Period_and_the_New_Kingdom_1675_1080_BC |access-date=2020-09-02 |archive-date=2020-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025062133/https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/The_Scepter_of_Egypt_Vol_2_The_Hyksos_Period_and_the_New_Kingdom_1675_1080_BC |url-status=live }}</ref> He appears to have been crowned while still a child, perhaps between the ages of six and twelve. The couple had at least seven, and possibly more, children.
===Issue===
# [[Sitamun]] – The eldest daughter, who was elevated to the position of Great Royal Wife around year 30 of her father's reign.{{sfn|Tyldesley|2006|p=121}}
# [[Iset (daughter of Amenhotep III)|Isis]] – Also elevated to the position of Great Royal Wife.{{sfn|Tyldesley|2006|p=121}}
# [[Henuttaneb]] – Not known to have been elevated to queenship, though her name does appear in a cartouche at least once.
# [[Nebetah]] – Sometimes thought to have been renamed Baketaten during her brother's reign.
# [[Thutmose (prince)|Crown Prince Thutmose]] – Crown Prince and High Priest of Ptah, pre-deceasing his father.
# [[Akhenaten|Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten]] – Succeeded his father as pharaoh, husband of Queen [[Nefertiti]], father of [[Ankhesenamun]], who married [[Tutankhamun]]. 


NB * [[Smenkhkare]] – has been speculated to be a son to Tiye but in fact primary sources that list her other children make this unlikely. Traditionally seen as one of [[Akhenaten]]'s immediate successors, today some Egyptologists such as Aidan Dodson believe he was the immediate predecessor of [[Neferneferuaten]] and a junior co-regent of Akhenaten who did not have an independent reign.<ref>Aidan Dodson, "Amarna Sunset: Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemhab and the Egyptian Counter-reformation" (Cairo: AUC Press, 2010), pp.27-29</ref> Sometimes identified with the mummy from [[KV55]], and therefore Tutankhamun's father.
[[The Younger Lady]] from [[KV35]] – A daughter of Amenhotep III and Tiye, mother of Tutankhamun and sister-wife of KV55. Presumably one of the already-known daughters of Amenhotep III and Tiye.
[[Beketaten]] – Sometimes thought to be Queen Tiye's daughter, usually based on reliefs of Baketaten seated next to Tiye at dinner with [[Akhenaten]] and [[Nefertiti]].{{sfn|Tyldesley|2006|p=115}} Probably Nebetah who likely changed her name when her brother Akhenaten changed the religion.