Ay Birth name: Ay Itnetjer ("Ay,
Father of the God") Throne name: Kheperkheperure ("Everlasting
are the Manifestations of Re") Rule: 1325 - 1321 BC (13th king of the 18th
dynasty, New Kingdom) Noteworthy relatives: Nefertiti (daughter),
Ankhesenamun (granddaughter/wife). [Check
out the family tree]
Read the biographies for Akhenaten,
Smenkhkare, and Tutankhamun
to fully understand how Ay worked his way up from vizier to
pharaoh... and why he's considered a murder suspect.