A king of Ugarit divorced his Hittite-born queen, made their son choose between his mother and the throne, then had her killed

The tablets call her only "the daughter of the Great Lady." Her father was Bentesina, king of Amurru. Her mother was a daughter of the Hittite Great King Hattusili III. She married Ammistamru II, king of Ugarit, and bore his heir, Utri-Sharruma. Ammistamru divorced her. Her uncle, the Hittite Great King Tudhaliya IV, issued the verdict (tablet RS 17.159). She could take back the goods she had brought from Amurru and had to leave everything gained in Ugarit. Her son had to choose. He could stay as his father's heir, or follow his mother to Amurru and give up the throne. If he ever restored her as queen after his father's death, he would lose the crown to another son. She went into exile with her brother, Shaushga-muwa, king of Amurru. Ammistamru then demanded her back. In a later accord (RS 17.228) her brother handed her over and told Ammistamru he could kill her or throw her into the sea. Ammistamru took her to Ugarit and executed her. On the day he was told she was dead, he paid her brother a thousand shekels of refined gold (RS 17.372A to 17.360A). The dossier is the largest group of texts on one political incident found at Ugarit. Utri-Sharruma is not known to have reigned; Ibiranu succeeded Ammistamru^†. The tablets were published in Paris in 1955 and 1956.