Tudhaliya

Tudhaliya is the name of several Hittite kings:

Tudhaliya (also Tudhaliya I) is a hypothetic pre-Empire king of the Hittites. He would have reigned in the late 17th century BC (short chronology). Forlanini (1993) conjectures that this king corresponds to the great-grandfather of Hattusili I.

Tudhaliya I (also Tudhaliya II), ruled ca. 1430 to 1400 BC
Tudhaliya II (also Tudhaliya III), ruled ca. in the 1380s BC
Tudhaliya III (also "Tudhaliya the child") may have briefly ruled around 1358 BC.
Tudhaliya IV ruled around 1237 BC.
Tudhaliya, Neo-Hittite king of Carchemish, fl. ca. 1100 BC

Some biblical scholars suggested that Tidal, king of Nations, who is mentioned in the Book of Genesis 14 as having joined Chedorlaomer in attacking rebels in Canaan is based on one of the Tudhaliyas.^[1]

Notes

Massimo Forlanini, Atti. del II Congresso Internazionale di Hittitologia, Pavia (1993)

Unknown Last known title holder: Anitta	Hittite king ca. 17th century BC	Succeeded by PU-Sarruma (?)

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