Definition: Great Royal Wife appears to have been a title given the pharaoh's wife on the day of his coronation starting in the Eighteenth Dynasty. She was an official state consort and may have been a sister or even daughter. There would be other wives as well, while the Great Royal Wife may not have been one with whom the pharaoh had sexual relations.
Great Royal Wife
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