Ruler · 1701 – 1590 BCE

Mursili I

Lived 1701 – 1590 BCE. King of the Hittites (Hittites), 1620 BCE – 1590 BCE.

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Lived: 1701 BCE – 1590 BCE; 111 years
In office: 30 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Hittites
Left it: killed; the ruler's own article

King of the Hittites

Hittites · the 1st of 4 dated reigns · 1620 BCE – 1178 BCE

Mursili I1620 BCE – 1590 BCE

Ḫattušili III1275 BCE – 1245 BCE

Tudhaliya IV1215 BCE

Suppiluliuma II1207 BCE – 1178 BCE

killed, executed or dead in battleending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1620 BCE – 1590 BCE · 30 years

Left it: killedread from the ruler's own article

When Mursili I returned to his kingdom, he was assassinated in a conspiracy led by his brother-in-law, Hantili I (who took the throne), and Hantili's son-in-law, Zidanta I.

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