King of the Hittites

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The King of the Hittites was the supreme monarch of the ancient Hittite Empire in Anatolia, wielding both political and religious authority over its territories and vassal states.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
King of the Hittites canonical 9
Hittite Great King ideology 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (74)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Near Eastern royal office ⓘ
head of state ⓘ
hereditary ruler ⓘ
monarchical title ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Anatolia ⓘ
Hatti ⓘ
associatedWith Egyptian–Hittite peace treaty ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Kadesh

Hittite diplomacy ⓘ
Hittite imperial expansion ⓘ
Hittite laws ⓘ
Hittite royal ideology ⓘ
Hittite treaties ⓘ
linked to: Hittite archives
ceremonialDuty offering sacrifices to state deities ⓘ
presiding over major festivals ⓘ
country Hittite Empire ⓘ
diplomaticPartner Kings of Assyria ⓘ
linked to: King of Assyria

Kings of Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: King of Babylon

Kings of Mitanni ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Mitanni

Pharaoh of Egypt ⓘ
documentedIn cuneiform tablets ⓘ
international treaties ⓘ
royal annals ⓘ
exercises judicial authority ⓘ
military authority ⓘ
political authority ⓘ
religious authority ⓘ
flourished 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
genderExpectation male ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Great King ⓘ
King of Hatti ⓘ
linked to: Great King of Hatti

Labarna ⓘ
My Sun ⓘ
hasCapital Hattusa ⓘ
hasNotableOfficeHolder Hattusili I ⓘ
Hattusili III ⓘ
Mursili I ⓘ
Mursili II ⓘ
Suppiluliuma I ⓘ
Tudhaliya I ⓘ
Tudhaliya IV ⓘ
hasPowerOver Hittite military ⓘ
Hittite nobility ⓘ
Hittite priesthood ⓘ
imperial administration ⓘ
vassal states ⓘ
hasRoyalStyle His Majesty ⓘ
hasTitleInLanguage Hittite language ⓘ
legalDuty hearing important cases ⓘ
issuing edicts ⓘ
ratifying treaties ⓘ
partOf Hittite monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Hittite kings

Hittite political system ⓘ
Hittite religious hierarchy ⓘ
positionHeldIn Hittite Empire ⓘ
positionHierarchy overlord of vassal kings ⓘ
supreme ruler ⓘ
religion Hittite religion ⓘ
linked to: Hittite mythology

Hittite state cult ⓘ
linked to: Hittite mythology
residence royal palace at Hattusa ⓘ
role chief judge ⓘ
chief priest ⓘ
diplomatic representative ⓘ
law giver ⓘ
supreme military commander ⓘ
succession dynastic succession ⓘ
patrilineal succession ⓘ
supportedBy military aristocracy ⓘ
panku council ⓘ
royal family ⓘ
symbolicRole guarantor of cosmic order ⓘ
protector of the land of Hatti ⓘ
representative of the Storm God ⓘ
timePeriod Bronze Age ⓘ
Late Bronze Age ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Mursili II → positionHeld → King of the Hittites ⓘ
Hattusili III → positionHeld → King of the Hittites ⓘ
Gassulawiya → spousePosition → King of the Hittites ⓘ
Telepinu → positionHeld → King of the Hittites ⓘ
subject linked to: Telepinu (ancestor)
Labarna → relatedConcept → Hittite Great King ideology ⓘ
linked to: King of the Hittites
Arnuwanda II → positionHeld → King of the Hittites ⓘ
Muwatalli II → positionHeld → King of the Hittites ⓘ
Mursili I → positionHeld → King of the Hittites ⓘ
subject linked to: Hittite king Mursili I
Tudhaliya IV → positionHeld → King of the Hittites ⓘ
subject linked to: probably Tudhaliya IV
Mursili III → positionHeld → King of the Hittites ⓘ