Rinnu
Rinnu (2nd-century BC) was a queen consort of the Parthian Empire by marriage to Mithridates I of Parthia (r. 171–132 BC). She was the mother of king Phraates II, and ruled the Parthian Empire as regent during the minority of her son.[1][2] She was one of only two women to rule Parthia, the other being queen Musa of Parthia.
She was the daughter of a Median magnate.[3] Her son Phraates succeeded his father in 132 BC; due to her son still being a minor, she ruled with him in the beginning of his reign.[4]
References
- ^ N. C. Debevoise, A Political History of Parthia, Chicago, 1938.
- ^ J. Oelsner, “Recht im hellenistischen Babylon,” in Legal Documents of the Hellenistic World, ed. M. J. Geller and H. Maehler, London, 1995, pp. 106-148.
- ^ Assar 2006, p. 58.
- ^ Assar 2009, p. 134.