Etuta was an Illyrian queen of the Ardiaean Kingdom. Etuta was a Dardanian princess of the Dardanian State and father of Monunius of Dardania

Monunius of Dardania

Monunius was an Illyrian king of the Dardanian State who lived in the late 3rd century BC and early 2nd century BC. Monunius attested first in 176 BC was the son of Longarus, a Dardanian king who caused much trouble to Macedonia from 230 BC onwards. He succeeded his brother Bato to the Dardanian...

. Etuta married Gentius

Gentius

Gentius was the last Illyrian king of the Ardiaean State. The name appears to derive from PIE *g'en- "to beget", cognate to Latin gens, gentis "kin, clan, race". He was the son of Pleuratus III, a king who kept relations with Rome very strong...

 in 169 BC.

Etuta was earlier engaged to Gentius' brother, Plator

Plator

Plator the Illyrian was brother to Gentius and it is assumed that he was killed because he wanted to marry Etuta in 169 BC. She was the daughter of Monunius and was married to Gentius himself....

, whom Gentius treacherously killed. The intentions of Gentius was to secure the inheritance of the Ardiaean throne, but also because Gentius was enviuos of his brother because he was going to take Etuta. However, the marriage does not seem to have secured an Ardiaean–Dardanian alliance and as a result Gentius allied himself with Perseus

Perseus

Perseus ,Perseos and Perseas are not used in English. the legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Perseid dynasty of Danaans there, was the first of the mythic heroes of Greek mythology whose exploits in defeating various archaic monsters provided the founding myths of the Twelve Olympians...

 the enemy of his father-in-law. After the defeat of Gentius in 168 BC, Etuta along with other important Illyrians were taken to Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

. Etuta and the royal family were sent to Spoletum, to be kept under observation. The inhabitants of Spoletum refused to keep the royal family under watch, so they were transferred to Iguvium. Etuta remained there until she died.

Etuta is also known as Etleuta and Etleva.