When pharaoh Tutankhamun died, his young bride, Ankhessenamun was left childless and in full power. She decided (for whatever reason) that she wanted to marry a foriegner, and she sent word to Suppiluliuma I, King of Hatti, asking for one of his sons in marriage. (At the time, King Tut was at war with him!)

Obviously he thought it was a trap, but after several letters, she convinced him that his enemy was truly dead, and she her offer was genuine. Suppiluliuma sent one of his younger sons.

How did the story end?

Here's some of the exchange that took place between them (from "Deeds of Suppiluliuma", translated by H. G. Guterbock):

Ankhessenamun to Suppiluliuma:

"My husband is dead...I have no son. But they say that you have many sons. If you would give me one of your sons, he would become my husband. I will never take a servant of mine and make him my husband!"

Hattusa-ziti (a Hittite chamberlain) was sent to Egypt to determine if the queen was serious. Ankhessenamun writes back:

"Why did you say 'they deceive me' in that way? Had I a son, would I have written about my own and my country's shame to a foriegn land? You did not believe me, and you even spoke thus to me! He who was my husband is dead. I have no son! Never shall I take a servant of mine and make him my husband! I have written to no other country. Only to you I have written. They say you have many sons; so give me one son of yours. To me he will be husband. In Egypt he will be king!"

Suppiluliuma's response:

"When they (the Hittite expeditionary force) attacked Amka, which is your country [an Egyptian vassal state], you probably were afraid; and (therefore) you keep asking for a son of mine (as if it were my) duty. He will in some way become a hostage. You will not make him king!"

Ankhessenamun's response (this time through an experienced diplomat, Hani):

"Oh my Lord! This is our country's shame! If we had a son of the king at all, would we have come to a foreign country and kept asking for a lord for ourselves? Niphururiya [Tutankhamun's prenomen] who was our lord is dead. He has no son. Our Lord's wife is solitary. We are seeking a son of our Lord (ie Suppiluliuma) for the kingship in Egypt. And for the woman, our Lady, we seek him as her husband! Furthermore, we went to no other country, only here did we come! Now, oh our Lord, give us a son of yours!"

Suppiluliuma's response (according to his son Mursili, who wrote the "Deeds"):

"Since my father was kind-hearted, he complied with the word of the woman, and concerned himself with the matter of (supplying her with) a son."

(All the above taken from "Kingdom of the Hittites" by Trevor Bryce.)

Ankhessenamun didn't want to marry one of her servants, and her servants didn't want to be ruled by a foreigner. (She was 20 or 21 at the time, and her "servants" were probably all public servants since before she was born.)

Of the four questions I posted, I thought this one would be the easiest!

The answer is THEY KILLED HIM DEAD! While he was in route to Egypt, Kannanza's group was ambushed. Seems the descendant of Akhenaten ended the rule of the Sun Disk!