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Encyclopedia > List of children of Ramesses II

Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses II had a large number of children – 48-50 sons and 40-53 daughters[1] –, whom he had depicted on several monuments. Khafres Pyramid (4th dynasty) and Great Sphinx of Giza (c. ... Pharaoh is a title used to refer to any ruler, usually male, of the Egyptian kingdom in the pre-Christian, pre-Islamic period. ... Usermaatre-setepenre The Justice of Re is Powerful, Chosen of Re Nomen Ramesses (meryamun) Born of Re, (Beloved of Amun) Horus name Kanakht Merymaa Nebty name Mekkemetwafkhasut Golden Horus Userrenput-aanehktu Consort(s) Isetnofret, Nefertari Maathorneferure Issues Bintanath, Khaemweset, Merneptah, Amun-her-khepsef, Meritamen see also: List of children of...


He apparently made no distinctions between the offspring of his first two principal wives, Nefertari and Isetnofret [2]. Both queen's firstborn sons and first few daughters had statues at the entrance of the Greater Abu Simbel temple, although only Nefertari's children were depicted in the smaller temple, dedicated to her.[3] Other than Nefertari and Isetnofret, Ramesses had six more great royal wives during his reign – his own daughters Bintanath, Meritamen, Nebettawy and Henutmire (who, according to another theory was his sister), and two daughters of Hattusilis III, King of Hatti. Except Bintanath and the first Hittite princess Maathorneferure, none are known to have born children to the pharaoh. A picture of Nefertari taken in her Abu Simbel temple. ... Isetnofret (or Isis-nofret) (Ancient Egyptian: the beautiful Isis) was one of the Great Royal Wives of Pharaoh Ramesses II and was the mother of his heir, Merneptah. ... Model showing the relative positions of the Abu Simbel temples before and after relocation Categories: Ancient Egypt stubs | Wonders of the World ... Bintanath (or Bentanath) was the firstborn daughter and Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian Pharaoh, Ramesses II. She was born possibly when her father was still a co-regent with his father, Sethi I. Her mother was Isetnofret, one of the two most prominent wives of Ramesses. ... Meritamen (also spelled Meritamun, Merytamen, Meryt-Amen; Ancient Egyptian: Beloved of Amun) was a daughter and later Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Ramesses the Great. ... Henutmire was an Ancient Egyptian princess and queen, one of the eight Great Royal Wives of Pharaoh Ramesses II. She is possibly the third and youngest child of Seti I and Queen Tuya, and the younger sister of Ramesses II and Princess Tia. ... Hattusili III was a king of the Hittite empire (New kingdom) 1266 BC–1236 BC. The archive of over 200 letters he and his palace exchanged with Ramesses II of ancient Egypt are an important primary source for this period. ... Hatti is the reconstructed ancient name of a region in Anatolia inhabited by the Hattians between the 3rd and 2nd millennia BC, and later by the Hittites, who were at the height of their power ca 1400 BC–1200 BC. The capital city of both peoples was Hattusa (modern... Maathorneferure at Tanis Maathorneferure was a princess of Hatti, and was married to Ramesses II in the 34th year of his reign. ...

A procession of the first nine daughters of Ramesses: B[intanath], Baketmut, Nefertari, Meritamen, Nebettawy, Isetnofret, Henuttawy, Werenro and Mut-Tuya. Most of his children are known to us from processions like this.
A procession of the first nine daughters of Ramesses: B[intanath], Baketmut, Nefertari, Meritamen, Nebettawy, Isetnofret, Henuttawy, Werenro and Mut-Tuya. Most of his children are known to us from processions like this.

The first few children of Ramesses usually appear in the same order on depictions. Lists of princes and princesses were found in the Ramesseum, Luxor, Wadi es-Sebua and Abydos. Some names are known to us from ostrakons, tombs and other sources. The sons of Ramesses appear on depictions of battles and triumphs – such as the Battle of Kadesh and the siege of the Syrian city of Dapur – already early in his reign (Years 5 and 10, respectively), thus it is likely that several of them were born before he ascended to the throne. Many of his sons were buried in the tomb KV5. Ramesseum from the air - showing pylons and secondary buildings Ramesseum: Hypostyle hall The Ramesseum is the memorial temple (or mortuary temple) of Pharaoh Ramesses II (Ramesses the Great, also spelt Ramses and Rameses). It is located in the Theban necropolis in Upper Egypt, across the River Nile from the modern... The River Nile at Luxor Pharaonic statue in Luxor Temple Hot-air ballooning in Luxor Luxor (Arabic: الأقصر ) is a city in Upper (southern) Egypt and the capital of the Al Uqsur governorate, population approximately 200,000. ... Abydos may mean: Egyptian Mythology - The holy city of Osiris, who was buried there himself, as were many other pharaohs. ... A great trash metal band from eastern Europe. ... Combatants New Kingdom of Egypt Hittite empire Commanders Ramesses II Muwatalli Strength ca. ... KV5 is the tomb of the sons of Ramesses II, and the recent discovery of its great extent has been called the most amazing discovery in the Valley of the Kings since the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun. ...


Ramesses' efforts to have his children depicted on several of his monuments are in contradiction with the earlier tradition of keeping royal children, especially boys in the background unless they held important official titles. This was probably caused by the fact that his family was not of royal origin and he wanted to stress their royal status[4].

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Sons of Ramesses

  1. Amun-her-khepeshef (“Amun Is with His Strong Arm”), firstborn son of Nefertari; crown prince until his death in Year 25.[5]
  2. Ramesses (“Born of Re”), eldest son of Isetnofret, crown prince between Years 25 and 50.[6]
  3. Pareherwenemef (“Re Is with His Right Arm”), Nefertari's second son. Appears on depictions of the triumph after the Battle of Kadesh and in the smaller Abu Simbel temple. He was never crown prince, it is likely he predeceased his elder brothers.[7]
  4. Khaemwaset (“Appearing Thebes”), Isetnofret's second son, “the first Egyptologist”, crown prince until about the 55th year.[8]
  5. Mentu-her-khepeshef or Mentuherwenemef (“Menthu Is with His Strong/Right Arm”) was mentioned on a stela from Bubastis. A statue of him is in Copenhagen. He was present at the siege of Dapur.
  6. Nebenkharu
  7. Meryamun or Ramesses-Meryamun (“Beloved of Amun”) was present at the triumph and the siege; was buried in KV5 where fragments of his canopic jars were found.[9]
  8. Amunemwia or Sethemwia (“Amun/Seth in the Divine Bark”) also appears at Dapur. He changed his name from Amunemwia to Sethemwia around the same time when his eldest brother changed it.[10]
  9. Sethi was also present at Kadesh and Dapur. He was buried in KV5 – where two of his canopic jars were found – around Year 53. On his funerary equipment his name is spelled Sutiy. He might have been identical with another Sethi, mentioned on an ostrakon which is now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.[11]
  10. Setepenre (“Chosen of Re”) was present at Dapur too.[12]
  11. Meryre (“Beloved of Re”) was the son of Nefertari. It is likely that he died at a young age; a brother of his (18th on the list of princes) was probably named after him.[13]
  12. Horherwenemef (“Horus Is with His Right Arm”)
  13. Merenptah (“Beloved of Ptah”), son of Isetnofret, crown prince after the 55th year, then pharaoh.[14]
  14. Amenhotep („Amun Is Pleased”)
  15. Itamun (“Amun Is The Father”)
  16. Meryatum (“Beloved of Atum”), son of Nefertari. High Priest of Heliopolis.[15]
  17. Nebentaneb/Nebtaneb (“Lord of All Lands”)
  18. Meryre
  19. Amunemopet (“Amun on the Opet Feast”)
  20. Senakhtenamun (“Amun Gives Him Strength”) is likely to have been resided in Memphis, as it is suggested by a votive plaque belonging to his servant Amenmose.
  21. Ramesses-Merenre
  22. Djehutimes/Thutmose (“Born of Thot”)
  23. Simentu („Son of Mentu”) was the overseer of the royal vineyards in Memphis. He was married to Iryet, daughter of a Syrian captain, Benanath.[16]
  24. Mentuemwaset (“Mentu in Thebes”)
  25. Siamun (“Son of Amon”)
  26. (Ramesses)-Siptah (“Son of Ptah”) was probably the son of a secondary wife called Sutererey. A relief of them is in the Louvre. A Book of the Dead, which was probably his, is now in Florence.
  27. (?)
  28. Mentuenheqau

The following sons of Ramesses are known from various sources other than lists: Amun-her-khepeshef or Amun-her-wenemef (13th century BCE) was the firstborn son of Pharaoh Ramesses the Great and Queen Nefertari. ... Amun (also spelled Amon, Amoun, Amen, and rarely Imen, Greek Αμμον Ammon, and Άμμον Hammon, Egyptian Yamanu) was the name of a deity, in Egyptian mythology, who gradually rose to become one of the most important deities, before fading into obscurity. ... Ramesses B was the second oldest son of Pharaoh Ramesses II and Queen Isetnofret A and is listed as number two in the list of procession of Ramesses sons. ... RE may mean: Aer Arann: IATA airline designator RE (complexity), the set of recursively enumerable languages Relative effectiveness factor, (R.E. factor) a measurement of an explosives power Real Estate Recursively Enumerable set The complexity class of all recursively enumerable languages Regular expression, in computer science, a string that... Combatants New Kingdom of Egypt Hittite empire Commanders Ramesses II Muwatalli Strength ca. ... Statue of Khaemweset Prince Khaemweset (or Khaemwaset) was the 4th son of Ramesses II, by his queen Isetnofret. ... Two important places in antiquity were called Thebes: Thebes, Greece – Thebes of the Seven Gates; one-time capital of Boeotia. ... In Egyptian mythology, Menthu was a hawk-god, of war. ... Stele is also a concept in plant biology. ... Bubastis is an Ancient Egyptian city, located along the River Nile in the Delta region of Lower Egypt. ... Copenhagen (IPA: , rhyming with pagan (the way the Danes themselves pronounce the name of the capital in English), or , with a as in spa; Danish   IPA: ) is the capital of Denmark and the countrys largest city (metropolitan population 1,211,542 (2006)). It is also the name of the... Among the ancient Egyptians, canopic jars were covered funerary vases, normally composed of clay, intended to keep the viscera of mummified corpses. ... Seth or Shet (Hebrew: שֵׁת, Standard Å et, Tiberian ; Arabic: شيث Shith or Shiyth; Placed; appointed), in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible, is the third listed son of Adam and Eve and brother of Cain and Abel and is the only other son mentioned by name. ... Main entrance of the Egyptian Museum The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum, in Cairo, Egypt, is home to the most extensive collection of pharaonic antiquities in the world. ... Nickname: Al Qahirah (The Triumphant City) Cairos location in Egypt Coordinates: Governor Dr. Abdul Azim Wazir Area    - City 210 km²  - Metro 1,492 km² Population (2005)  - City 7,438,376  - Density 35,420/km²  - Urban 10,834,495  - Metro 15,200,000 Time zone EET (UTC+2)  - Summer (DST... Horus is an ancient god of the Ancient Egyptian religion, whose cult survived so long that he evolved dramatically over time and gained many names. ... Merneptah (occasionally: Merenptah) was pharaoh of Ancient Egypt (1213 – 1203 BC), the fourth ruler of the 19th Dynasty. ... Ptah In Egyptian mythology, Ptah (also spelt Peteh) was the deification of the primordial mound in the Ennead cosmogony, which was more literally referred to as Ta-tenen (also spelt Tathenen), meaning risen land, or as Tanen, meaning submerged land. ... History Atum (alternatively spelt Tem, Temu, Tum, and Atem) is an early deity in Egyptian mythology, whose cult centred on the Ennead of Heliopolis. ... Statue of Tawaret Tawaret (The Great One; also rendered as Taurt, Taueret, Ta-weret, Taweret, Thoeris, Opet, Apet, Rert, or Reret) was a popular deity in ancient Egyptian mythology. ... Memphis was the wife of Epaphus, the founder of Memphis, Egypt in Greek mythology. ... Thoth, pronounced tot, is the Greek name given to the Egyptian god of the moon (lunar deity), wisdom, writing, magic, and measurement of time, among other things. ... This article is about the museum: for building history, see Palais du Louvre. ... The Book of the Dead The Book of the Dead is the common name for ancient Egyptian funerary texts known as The Book of Coming [or Going] Forth By Day. ... Florences skyline Florences skyline at night from Piazza Michaelangelo Florence (Italian: ) is the capital city of the region of Tuscany, Italy. ...

  • Astarteherwenemef (“Astarte Is with His Right Arm”) is shown on a stone block originally from the Ramesseum, reused in Medinet Habu. His name shows Asian influence like tat os Bintanath and Mahiranath.[17]
  • Geregtawy (“Peace of the Two Lands”) is known from a stone block, from the Ramesseum, reused in Medinet Habu.[18]
  • Merymontu (“Beloved of Menthu”) was depicted in Wadi es-Sebua and Abydos.[19]
  • Neben[…] is mentioned on an ostrakon in Cairo.[20]
  • [Ramesses-…]pare is the 20th on the Abydos procession of princes, which shows a slightl different order of them.[21]
  • Ramesses-Maatptah (“Justice of Ptah”) is only known from a letter, in which the palace servant Meryotef rebukes him.[22]
  • Ramesses-Meretmire is the 48th on the Wadi es-Sebua procession.[23]
  • Ramesses-Meryamun-Nebweben is known from his coffin's inscriptions.[24]
  • Ramesses-Meryastarte (“Beloved of Astarte”) is the 26th in the Abydos procession.[25]
  • Ramesses-Merymaat (“Beloved of Maat”) is the 25th in the Abydos procession.[26]
  • Ramesses-Meryseth (“Beloved of Seth”) is known from a stone block from the Ramesseum, reused in Medinet Habu. He is the 23rd in the Abydos procession and is named on a stela, a door lintel and ona doorjamb.[27]
  • Ramesses-Paitnetjer is known from a Cairo ostrakon.[28]
  • Ramesses-Siatum (“Son of Atum”) is the 19th in the Abydos procession.[29]
  • Ramesses-Sikhepri is the 24th in the Abydos procession.[30]
  • (Ramesses)-Userkhepesh (“Strong of Arm”) is the 22nd in the Abydos procession.[31]
  • Ramesses-Userpehti is probably a son of Ramesses II. He is mentioned on a Memphis statue and on a plaque.[32]
  • Seshnesuen[…] and Sethemhir[…] are mentioned on a Cairo ostrakon.[33]
  • [Seth]emnakht and Shepsemiunu are known from stone blocks from the Ramesseum, reused in Medinet Habu. [Seth]emnakht is also mentioned on a doorway.[34]
  • Wermaa[…] is mentioned on a Cairo ostrakon.

Astarte on a car with four branches protruding from roof. ... Ramesseum from the air - showing pylons and secondary buildings Ramesseum: Hypostyle hall The Ramesseum is the memorial temple (or mortuary temple) of Pharaoh Ramesses II (Ramesses the Great, also spelt Ramses and Rameses). It is located in the Theban necropolis in Upper Egypt, across the River Nile from the modern... Medinet Habu from the air Medinet-Habu is the mortuary temple of Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses III. It is located on the west bank of the River Nile at Thebes, Egypt, south of the morturary temple of Tutankhamun/Horemheb. ... This article concerns the military rank of Maat. ...

Daughters of Ramesses

It is harder to determine the birth order of the daughters than that of the sons. The first ten of them usually appear in the same order. Many of the princesses are known to us only from Abydos and from ostrakons. The six eldest princess have statues at the entrance of the Greater Abu Simbel temple.

  1. Bintanath (“Daughter of Anath”), daughter of Isetnofret, later Great Royal Wife.
  2. Baketmut (“Handmaid of Mut”) was possibly Nefertari's daughter[35].
  3. Nefertari is likely to have been Queen Nefertari's daughter and possibly the wife of Amun-her-khepeshef.[36]
  4. Meritamen (“Beloved of Amun”) is Nefertari's daughter, later Great Royal Wife. She is probably the best known of Ramesses' daughters.[37]
  5. Nebettawy (“Lady of the Two Lands”) is likely to have been Nefertari's daughter. Later she became Great Royal Wife.[38]
  6. Isetnofret (“The beautiful Isis”) was Queen Isetnofret's daughter. Known from a letter in which two singers inquire after her health. It is possible she was identical with Merenptah's wife Isetnofret, but it is also possible that Merenptah's wife was Khaemwaset's daughter, also called Isetnofret.[39]
  7. Henuttawy (“Mistress of the Two Lands”) was Nefertari's daughter.
  8. Werenro
  9. Nedjemmut (“Mut is Sweet”)
  10. Pypuy is likely to be identical with a lady who was the daughter of Iwy and was reburied with a group of 18th dynasty princesses in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna.[40]

From the Luxor procession of daughters: Nebetiunet (“Lady of Heliopolis”, 11.), Renpetnefer/Parerenpetnefer (12.), Merytkhet (13.), Nebet[…]h[…]a (14.), Mut-Tuya (15.), Meritptah (“Beloved of Ptah”, 16.) Bintanath (or Bentanath) was the firstborn daughter and Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian Pharaoh, Ramesses II. She was born possibly when her father was still a co-regent with his father, Sethi I. Her mother was Isetnofret, one of the two most prominent wives of Ramesses. ... Meritamen (also spelled Meritamun, Merytamen, Meryt-Amen; Ancient Egyptian: Beloved of Amun) was a daughter and later Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Ramesses the Great. ... :This article discusses the ancient goddess. ... For other uses, see Mut (disambiguation). ... The Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (1550-1292 BCE) - often combined with the nineteenth and twentieth dynasties under the group title, New Kingdom - is perhaps the most famous of all the dynasties of ancient Egypt. ... The necropolis of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna is located on the West Bank at Thebes, Egypt. ...


From the Abydos procession: Nubher[…] (18.), Shehiryotes (19.), Henut[…] (20.), Merytmihapi (“Beloved like Hapi”, 22.), Meritites (“Beloved by Her Father”, 23.), Nubemiunu (24.), Henutsekhemu (“Mistress of Powers”, 25.), Henutpahuro[…] (26.), Neferure (“Beauty of Re”, daughter of Maathorneferure, 31.), Merytnetjer (“Beloved of the God”, 32.), […]khesbed (16. on the second Abydos procession) Hapi was one of the sons of Horus depicted in funerary literature as protecting the throne of Osiris in the Underworld. ... Maathorneferure at Tanis Maathorneferure was a princess of Hatti, and was married to Ramesses II in the 34th year of his reign. ...


From Wadi es-Sebua: Henutpare[…] (58.), Nebetnehat (59.),


From a Louvre ostrakon: […]taweret (3.), Henuttaneb (“Mistress of All Lands”, 4.), Tuya (5.), Henuttadesh (6.), Hetepenamun (“Peace of Amun”, 7.), Nebetimmunedjem (8.), Henuttamehu (“Lady of Lower Egypt”, 9.), Nebetananash (10.), Sitamun (“Daughter of Amun”, 11.), Tia-Sitre (“Daughter of Re”, 12.), Tuya-Nebettawy (13.), Takhat (probably identical with the wife of Sethi II; 14.), Nubemweskhet (15.)


See also

The family tree of the Egyptian Nineteenth dynasty is the usual mixture of conjecture and interpretation. ...

Sources

  1. ^ Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson (2004), p.166
  2. ^ Joyce Tyldesley: Ramesses, Egypt's Greatest Pharaoh
  3. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.167
  4. ^ Dodson–Hilton, op. cit., pp.164-165.
  5. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.170
  6. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.173
  7. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.173
  8. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.171
  9. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.172
  10. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.170
  11. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.174
  12. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.174
  13. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.165
  14. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.171-172
  15. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.172
  16. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.171,175
  17. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.170
  18. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.170
  19. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.172
  20. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.172
  21. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.173
  22. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.173
  23. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.173
  24. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.173
  25. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.174
  26. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.174
  27. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.174
  28. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.174
  29. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.174
  30. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.174
  31. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.174
  32. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.174
  33. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.174
  34. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.174
  35. ^ Tyldesley, op.cit.
  36. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.168
  37. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.172
  38. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, pp.167,172
  39. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.171
  40. ^ Dodson & Hilton, op.cit, p.173

 

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