Ankhesenpaaten was the third of six known daughters of the Pharaoh
Akhenaton by his wife
Nefertiti. She is believed to have been married firstly to her own father, by whom she was the mother of the princess
Ankhesenpaaten Tasherit[?] when she was twelve. After her father's death and a short marriage to
Smenkhkare[?], she became the wife of
Tutankhaten. Following their marriage, the couple honored the gods of the
restored religion by changing their names to Tutankhamun and Ankhesenamun. When Tutankhamun died, she was married to
Ay[?] and died during or shortly after his reign.