Mutnofret

Who is Mutnofret?

Mutnofret was a queen during the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. She was a secondary wife of Thutmose I and the mother of Thutmose II.

Based on her titles of King's Daughter and King's Sister, she is likely to have been a daughter of Ahmose I and a sister of Amenhotep I, although the chief wife of Thutmose I was not Mutnofret, but Queen Ahmose.

It is likely that she was the mother of Thutmose I's other sons – Amenmose, Wadjmose and Ramose – as well.

She was depicted in the Deir el-Bahri temple built by her grandson Thutmose III; on a stela found at the Ramesseum; on the colossus of her son; and a statue of her--bearing a dedication by Thutmose II--was found in Wadjmose's chapel. This suggests that Mutnofret was still alive during her son's reign.