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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. [10] Horherwenemef (“Horus Is with His Right Arm”) Merneptah (“Beloved of Ptah”), son of Isetnofret, crown prince after the 55th year, then pharaoh. [11]
He died before inheriting his father's titles 25 years into his father's rule. [2] Ramesses B, Ramesses II's second oldest son became the new crown prince. He also died before his father after another 25 years. Merenptah, the 13th son of Ramesses II's would eventually assume the throne after 67 years of reign.
He was the first royal-born pharaoh since Tutankhamun of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. [4] Merneptah was the thirteenth son of Ramesses II, [5] only coming to power because all of his older brothers had died, including his full brother Khaemweset. He was around seventy years old when he ascended to the throne.
Every firstborn son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sits on the throne, to the firstborn of the slave girl, who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle as well. There will be loud wailing throughout Egypt—worse than there has ever been or ever will be again." —
Menmaatre Seti I (or Sethos I in Greek) was the second pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt during the New Kingdom period, ruling c. 1294 or 1290 BC to 1279 BC. [4] [5] He was the son of Ramesses I and Sitre, and the father of Ramesses II.
The Zink unit determined that the mummy of an unknown man buried with Ramesses was, because of the proven genetic relationship and a mummification process that suggested punishment, a good candidate for the pharaoh's son, Pentawere, who was the only son to revolt against his father. It was impossible to determine his cause of death.
Senusret I (Middle Egyptian: z-n-wsrt; /suʀ nij ˈwas.ɾiʔ/) also anglicized as Sesostris I and Senwosret I, was the second pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt. He ruled from 1971 BC to 1926 BC (1920 BC to 1875 BC), [2] and was one of the most powerful kings of this Dynasty. He was the son of Amenemhat I.
Djedefre was the son and immediate throne successor of Khufu, the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza; his mother is not known for certain. He is the king who introduced the royal title Sa-Rê (meaning “Son of Ra”) and the first to connect his cartouche name with the sun god Ra.