title: Gassulawiya
text: # Gassulawiya
  
  Gassulawiya was a Hittite queen of the king Mursili II, ruler of the Hittite Empire (New kingdom) ca. 1321–1295 BC (short chronology).
  
  ## Family
  
  Gassulawiya is known to have had several children including a daughter named Massanauzzi (referred to as Matanaza in correspondence with Ramesses II) married to Masturi, a ruler of a vassal state, and three sons named Muwatalli, Hattusili III and Halpasulupi. Mursili had further children with a second wife named Tanuhepa. Their names have not been recorded however.
  
  vteHittite New Kingdom royal family tree :
  
  Himuili?
  
  Tudhaliya I/IINikkalmati
  
  Arnuwanda IAsmunikal
  
  Hattusili II?Tudhaliya IIIDaduhepaZida
  
  Tudhaliya the YoungHenti (1)Šuppiluliuma I(2) Tawananna
  
  Arnuwanda IITelipinuSarri-KusuhZannanzaGassulawiya (1)Mursili II(2) Tanuhepa
  
  Talmi-SarrumaSahurunuwaMuwatalli IIHalpasulupiMassanauzziHattusili IIIPuduhepa
  
  Ini-TesubUrhi-TesubKuruntaNerikkailinumerous daughters and sonsTudhaliya IV
  
  Talmi-TesubHartapuArnuwanda IIISuppiluliuma II
  
  Kuzi-Tesub :
  
  * (1) = 1st spouse
  * (2) = 2nd spouse
  * Small caps indicates a Great King (LUGAL.GAL) of the Land of Hatti; italic small caps indicates a Great Queen or Tawananna.
  * Dashed lines indicate adoption.
  * Solid lines indicate marriage (if horizontal) or parentage (if vertical).
  
  References:
  
  Trevor Bryce (1997). The Kingdom of the Hittites. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press.
  
  Trevor Bryce (2012). The World of the Neo-Hittite Kingdoms. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
  
  Volkert Haas (2006). Die hethitische Literatur. Berlin, Germany: de Gruyter. :
  
  Notes:
  
  ↑ Scholars have suggested that Tudhaliya I/II was the son of Himuili and thus a grandson of the Hittite king Huzziya II (Bryce 1997, p. 131).↑ Bryce (1997) does not consider it clear whether Tudhaliya I/II was one king or two (p. 133).1 2 3 Bryce (1997), p. 139.↑ The existence of Hattusili II is doubtful (Bryce 1997, pp. 153–154).↑ Bryce (1997), p. 158.↑ Bryce (1997), p. 172.1 2 3 4 Bryce (1997), p. 174.1 2 Bryce (1997), p. 168.↑ Also known as Malnigal; daughter of Burnaburias II of Babylonia (Bryce 1997, p. 173).↑ ‘Great priest’ in Kizzuwadna and king (lugal) of Aleppo (Bryce 1997, p. 174).1 2 3 4 King (lugal) of Carchemish.↑ Bryce (1997), pp. 174, 203–204.↑ Zannanza died on his way to Egypt to marry a pharaoh's widow, probably Ankhesenpaaten, the widow of Tutankhamun (Bryce 1997, pp. 196–198).↑ Bryce (1997), p. 227.1 2 3 Bryce (1997), p. 230.↑ Bryce (1997), p. 220.↑ Bryce (1997), p. 222.↑ Haas (2006), p. 91.↑ Massanauzzi married Masturi, king of the Seha River Land (Bryce 1997, p. 313).↑ Bryce (1997), p. 296.↑ Puduhepa was the daughter of the Kizzuwadnan priest Pentipsarri (Bryce 1997, p. 273).↑ Bryce (1997), pp. 346, 363.↑ King (lugal) of Tarhuntassa (Bryce 1997, p. 296); apparently later Great King of Hatti (Bryce 1997, p. 354).↑ Nerikkaili married a daughter of Bentesina, king of Amurru (Bryce 1997, p. 294).↑ Two daughters of Hattusili III were married to the pharaoh Ramesses II; one was given the Egyptian name Ma(hor)nefrure. Another, Gassuwaliya, married into the royal house of Amurru. Kilushepa was married to a king of Isuwa. A daughter married into the royal family of Babylon. A sister of Tudhaliya IV married Sausgamuwa, king of Amurru after his father Bentesina. From Bryce (1997), pp. 294 and 312.↑ Bryce (1997), p. 332.↑ Bryce (1997), p. 363. Tudhaliya IV probably married a Babylonian princess, known by her title of Great Princess (dumu.sal gal) (Bryce 1997, pp. 294, 331).↑ Bryce (1997), p. 363.↑ Great King of Tarhuntassa; son of Mursili, the Great King, who is likely identical with Mursili III/Urhi-Tesub (Bryce 2012, p. 21 f.).1 2 Bryce (1997), p. 361.↑ Last documented Great King of the Land of Hatti.↑ King and then Great King of Carchemish (Bryce 1997, pp. 384–385). :
  
  ## Illness
  
  Obviously by the end of her life Gassulawiya endured severe illness, as she addressed the goddess Lilwanis with a substitute statue, in order to be relieved from her illness.
  
  