Muwatalli I

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Muwatalli I
Cause of death	killed by his servants
Predecessor	Huzziya II
Successor	Tudhaliya I
Religion	Hittite religion
Spouse(s)	Walanni
Relatives	maybe 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 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. 1400 BC	Succeeded by Tudhaliya I (?)

Hittite kings

Hattic kings

c. 23rd–18th centuries BC	Pamba Pithana Piyusti Anitta Tudhaliya PU-Sarruma

Old Kingdom

c. 16th–15th centuries BC	Labarna I Hattusili I Mursili I Hantili I Zidanta I Ammuna Huzziya I Telipinu

Middle Kingdom

c. mid-to-late 15th century BC	Alluwamna Tahurwaili Hantili II Zidanta II Huzziya II Muwatalli I

New Kingdom

c. 14th–12th centuries BC	Tudhaliya I Arnuwanda I Hattusili II Tudhaliya II Tudhaliya III Suppiluliuma I Arnuwanda II Mursili II Muwatalli II Mursili III Hattusili III Tudhaliya IV Arnuwanda III Suppiluliuma II

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