Muwatalli I

See also Muwatalli II
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

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
Huzziya II		 Hittite king
ca. 1400 BC 		Succeeded by
Tudhaliya I (?)