The dating and sequence of the Hittite kings is compiled from fragmentary records, supplemented by the recent find in Hattusa of a cache of more than 3,500 seal impressions giving names and titles and genealogy of Hittite kings. All dates given here are approximate, relying on synchronisms with known chronologies for neighbouring countries and Egypt.
All reign lengths are approximate. The list uses the middle chronology, the most generally accepted chronology of the Ancient Near East and the chronology that accords best with Hittite evidence.[2]
Ruler | Reign (MC)[1] | Lineage and notes |
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Labarna | c. 1680 – c. 1650 BC[3] | Traditional founder of the royal line; existence disputed.[1] |
Ḫattušili I[a] | c. 1650 – c. 1620 BC | Nephew of the wife of Labarna I[4] |
Mursili I | c. 1620 – c. 1590 BC | Grandson of Ḫattušili I.[4] Sacked Babylon c. 1595 BC.[1][5] |
Hantili I | c. 1590 – c. 1560 BC | Brother-in-law of Mursili I[4] |
Zidanta I | c. 1560 – c. 1550 BC | Son-in-law of Hantili I[4] |
Ammuna | c. 1550 – c. 1530 BC | Son of Zidanta I[4] |
Huzziya I | c. 1530 – c. 1525 BC | Son of Ammuna (?)[4] |
Telipinu | c. 1525 – c. 1500 BC | Brother-in-law of Huzziya I[4] |
Ruler | Reign (MC)[1] | Lineage and notes |
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Alluwamna | c. 1500 BC | Son-in-law of Telipinu[4] |
Tahurwaili | c. 1500 – c. 1490 BC | Cousin of Telipinu[6] |
Hantili II | c. 1490 – c. 1480 BC | Son of Alluwamna[4] |
Zidanta II[b] | c. 1480 – c. 1470 BC | Nephew of Hantili II (?)[4] |
Huzziya II | c. 1470 – c. 1460 BC | Unclear lineage[4] |
Muwatalli I | c. 1460 – c. 1420 BC | Unclear lineage[4] |
Ruler | Reign (MC)[1] | Lineage and notes |
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Ḫattušili II | c. 1420 – c. 1400 BC | Unclear lineage; existence disputed[7] |
Tudḫaliya I | c. 1400 – c. 1390 BC | Grandson of Huzziya II (?)[4] |
Arnuwanda I | c. 1390 – c. 1380 BC | Son-in-law of Tudḫaliya I[4] |
Tudḫaliya II[c] | c. 1380 – c. 1370 BC | Son of Arnuwanda I[4] |
Tudḫaliya III (?) | c. 1370 BC | Son of Tudḫaliya II. Also known as "Tudḫaliya the Younger"; rule disputed. |
Šuppiluliuma I | c. 1370 – c. 1330 BC | Son or son-in-law of Tudḫaliya II[4] Expanded the empire. Mentioned in the Amarna letters.[8] |
Arnuwanda II | c. 1330 BC | Son of Šuppiluliuma I[4] |
Muršili II | c. 1330 – c. 1295 BC | Son of Šuppiluliuma I[4] |
Muwatalli II[d] | c. 1295 – c. 1282 BC | Son of Muršili II[4] Fought at the Battle of Kadesh. |
Muršili III[e] | c. 1282 – c. 1275 BC | Son of Muwatalli II[4] |
Ḫattušili III | c. 1275 – c. 1245 BC | Son of Muršili II[4] Signatory of the Egyptian–Hittite peace treaty. |
Tudḫaliya IV[f] | c. 1245 – c. 1215 BC | Son of Ḫattušili III[4] Fought at the Battle of Nihriya. |
Arnuwanda III | c. 1215 – c. 1210 BC | Son of Tudḫaliya IV[4] |
Šuppiluliuma II[g] | c. 1210 – c. 1190 BC[1][9] | Son of Tudḫaliya IV[4] Last known king before the Late Bronze Age collapse and end of the kingdom. |