TUDHALIYA
IV
![](YazilikayaSharrumaAndKingTudhaliya8November2004.jpeg)
Depiction
of Tudhaliya IV on a relief
Reign
: c. 1245 - 1215 BC
Preceded by : Hattusili
III
Succeeded by : Arnuwanda
III
Issue : Arnuwanda III and Suppiluliuma
II
Father : Hattusili III
Mother : Puduhepa
Religion : Hittite religion
Regnal
titles of Tudhaliya IV : King of the Hittites
Tudhaliya
IV was a king of the Hittite Empire (New kingdom), and the younger
son of Hattusili III. He reigned c. 1245–1215 BC (middle chronology)[1]
or c. 1237–1209 BC (short chronology). His mother was the
great queen, Puduhepa.
Biography
:
Tudhaliya was likely born in his father's court in Hattusa, after
his brother and crown prince Nerikkaili, but still while their father
was governing on his brother Muwatalli II's behalf. He was a good
friend of Muwatalli's son, Kurunta, and Hattusili ordered that they
stay on good terms.
After
Hattusili as King wrote up a treaty with "Ulmi-Tessup"
which confirmed Kurunta's rule over Tarhuntassa, Hattusili elevated
Tudhaliya over his older brother to be his crown prince. Tudhaliya
as king drew up a bronze tablet treaty confirming the links between
him and Kurunta. During his reign, 13 dams were built after a severe
drought, one of which still survives to this day at Alacahöyük.
He
suffered a severe defeat at the hands of Tukulti-Ninurta I of Assyria
in the Battle of Nihriya, c. 1237 BC.
Tudhaliya
had a sister, queen Maathorneferure of Egypt. He had two sons, who
were the last two kings of the Hittites before their empire fell
probably due to the Sea People.
![](Hattusa_Bronze_Tablet_Cuneiform.JPG)
Bronze
tablet from Bogazköy testifying to the treaty between Tudhaliya
IV and Kurunta of Tarhuntassa (1235 BC). Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
Source
:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Tud%E1%B8%ABaliya_IV