Muwatalli I

Muwatalli I
Muwatalli I
Cause of death	killed by his servants
Predecessor	Huzziya II
Successor	Tudhaliya I
Spouse	Walanni
Relatives	maybe Huzziya II

See also Muwatalli II

Muwatalli I was a king of the Hittites.

Biography

Muwatalli killed his predecessor Huzziya II. He was the Chief of the Royal Bodyguard (a 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

Reign of Muwatalli I at Hittites.info

Sources

^ The organisation of the Hittite military by Richard Henry Beal
^ The Tawananna in the Hittite kingdom by Shoshana R. Bin-Nun

Regnal titles
Preceded by Huzziya II	Hittite king ca. 1420 BC	Succeeded by Tudhaliya I (?)

[1] The organisation of the Hittite military by Richard Henry Beal

[2] The Tawananna in the Hittite kingdom by Shoshana R. Bin-Nun

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