14 Facts About Suppiluliuma I

Suppiluliuma I achieved fame as a great warrior and statesman, successfully challenging the then-dominant Egyptian Empire for control of the lands between the Mediterranean and the Euphrates.

Suppiluliuma I began his career as the chief advisor and general to Tudhaliya II, then based at Samuha.

Suppiluliuma I married a sister to the Hayasan king Hukkana, and his daughter Muwatti to Maskhuiluwa of the Arzawan state Mira.

Suppiluliuma I married a Babylonian princess and retook Arzawan territory as far as Hapalla.

Suppiluliuma I was a master builder of large stone structures decorated with stone reliefs.

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Suppiluliuma I then took advantage of the tumultuous reign of the Pharaoh Akhenaten, and seized control of Egyptian territory in Syria, inciting many Egyptian vassals to revolt.

Suppiluliuma I's success encouraged the widow of the Egyptian king Nibhururiya to write to him, asking him to send one of his sons to be her husband and rule Egypt, since she had no heir and was on the verge of being forced to marry "a servant", usually thought to be the Egyptian general Horemheb or her late husband's vizier Ay.

Suppiluliuma I dispatched an ambassador to Egypt to investigate; he reported that the situation was accurately described, and the king decided to take advantage of this windfall.

Deeds of Suppiluliuma I, compiled after his death by his son Mursili, is an important primary source for the king's reign.

One of Suppiluliuma I's letters, addressed to Akhenaten, was preserved in the Amarna letters archive at Akhetaten.

Suppiluliuma I appears in Mika Waltari's historical novel The Egyptian, in which he is presented as the ultimate villain, a ruthless conqueror and utterly tyrannical ruler.

Suppiluliuma I appears in a minor role in the novel The Shadow Prince by Philip Armstrong, as the grandfather of the hero, Tupiluliuma, in which he is Tudhaliya's nephew and adopted son.

Suppiluliuma I is regarded as one of the greatest of the Great Kings of Hatti, but is not a man to be crossed lightly.

Suppiluliuma I is a character in the historical fiction manga Red River, introduced as an old man who has retired from warfare.