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"Candace" redirects here. For other uses, see Candace (disambiguation).
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Relief depicting Kandake Amanitore

Kandake, kadake or kentake (Meroitic: 𐦲𐦷𐦲𐦡 kdke, 𐦲𐦴𐦲𐦡 ktke), often Latinised as Candace (Ancient Greek: Κανδάκη, Kandakē), was the Meroitic term for the sister of the king of Kush who, due to the matrilineal succession, would bear the next heir, making her a queen mother. She had her own court, probably acted as a landholder and held a prominent secular role as regent. Contemporary Greek and Roman sources treated it, incorrectly, as a name. The name Candace is derived from the way the word is used in the New Testament (Acts 8:27).

Images for kids

  • The Baptism of Queen Candace's Eunuch attributed to Hendrick van Balen and Jan Brueghel (II) Mauritshuis 282

    The Baptism of Queen Candace's Eunuch (c. 1625–30, attributed to Hendrick van Balen and Jan Brueghel the Younger)

  • Amanishakheto Jewellery 03

    Jewellery of Kandake Amanishakheto, from her tomb

  • Amanitore pyramid

    Pyramid of Amanitore in modern day Sudan

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Kandake para niños

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