Suppiluliuma I

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Suppiluliuma I was a powerful 14th-century BCE Hittite king who greatly expanded the empire through successful military campaigns and diplomatic maneuvering.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Suppiluliuma I canonical 24
Šuppiluliuma I 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hittite king ⓘ
ancient Near Eastern ruler ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
battle campaigns against Mitanni ⓘ
campaigns in Syria and Canaan ⓘ
capital Hattusa ⓘ
causeOfDeath plague ⓘ
century 14th century BCE ⓘ
child Arnuwanda II ⓘ
Mursili II ⓘ
Piyassili ⓘ
Telipinu (priest) ⓘ
Zannanza ⓘ
country Hittite Empire ⓘ
era Late Bronze Age ⓘ
ethnicGroup Hittites ⓘ
linked to: Hittite (Nesite)
father Tudhaliya II ⓘ
foreignRelations Assyria ⓘ
Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon

Egypt ⓘ
Mitanni ⓘ
Syrian city-states ⓘ
linked to: Aramean kingdoms
historicalReputation one of the greatest Hittite kings ⓘ
knownFor defeat of the Mitanni kingdom ⓘ
diplomatic maneuvering with Egypt and Mitanni ⓘ
establishing Hittite dominance in northern Syria ⓘ
expansion of the Hittite Empire ⓘ
military campaigns in Syria ⓘ
notableEvent intervention in the Egyptian succession crisis after the death of Tutankhamun ⓘ
plague outbreak in Hatti following prisoners taken from Egypt and Syria ⓘ
sending his son Zannanza to Egypt to marry an Egyptian queen (Dakhamunzu letter episode) ⓘ
policy aggressive territorial expansion ⓘ
installation of his sons as viceroys in conquered territories ⓘ
use of vassal treaties ⓘ
positionHeld King of the Hittites ⓘ
predecessor Tudhaliya II ⓘ
region Anatolia ⓘ
reignEnd c. 1322 BCE ⓘ
reignStart c. 1344 BCE ⓘ
religion Hittite religion ⓘ
linked to: Anatolian paganism
residence Hattusa ⓘ
source Hittite diplomatic correspondence ⓘ
Hittite royal annals ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
spouse Henti ⓘ
successor Arnuwanda II ⓘ
Mursili II ⓘ
viceroyAppointed Piyassili as viceroy in Carchemish ⓘ
a son as viceroy in Aleppo ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hittite Empire → peakUnder → Suppiluliuma I ⓘ
Mursili II → father → Suppiluliuma I ⓘ
Suppiluliuma I → name → Suppiluliuma I ⓘ
subject linked to: Hittite king Suppiluliuma I
Henti → spouse → Suppiluliuma I ⓘ
Piyassili → father → Suppiluliuma I ⓘ
Piyassili → servedUnder → Suppiluliuma I ⓘ
Telipinu (priest) → father → Suppiluliuma I ⓘ
subject linked to: Telipinu (priest)
Telipinu (priest) → notableFamilyMember → Suppiluliuma I ⓘ
subject linked to: Telipinu (priest)
Telipinu (priest) → servedUnder → Suppiluliuma I ⓘ
subject linked to: Telipinu (priest)
House of Suppiluliuma → namedAfter → Suppiluliuma I ⓘ
House of Suppiluliuma → foundedBy → Suppiluliuma I ⓘ
House of Suppiluliuma → hasMember → Suppiluliuma I ⓘ
House of Suppiluliuma → hasMonarch → Suppiluliuma I ⓘ
Arnuwanda II → father → Suppiluliuma I ⓘ
Arnuwanda II → predecessor → Suppiluliuma I ⓘ
Zannanza → father → Šuppiluliuma I ⓘ
linked to: Suppiluliuma I
Zannanza → associatedFigure → Šuppiluliuma I ⓘ
linked to: Suppiluliuma I
New Hittite period → hasRuler → Suppiluliuma I ⓘ
Tudhaliya II → successor → Suppiluliuma I ⓘ
Hittites → notableRuler → Suppiluliuma I ⓘ
subject linked to: Hittite
Hittite kings → notableKing → Suppiluliuma I ⓘ
Hittites → notableRuler → Suppiluliuma I ⓘ
Great King of Hatti → notableOfficeHolder → Šuppiluliuma I ⓘ
linked to: Suppiluliuma I
Tushratta → contemporaryOf → Suppiluliuma I ⓘ
subject linked to: King Tushratta of Mitanni
Tushratta → conflictedWith → Suppiluliuma I ⓘ
subject linked to: King Tushratta of Mitanni