2011-06-01

Isisnofret II

Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt family tree

The family tree of the Egyptian Nineteenth dynasty is the usual mixture of conjecture and interpretation. The family history starts with the appointment of Ramesses I as the successor to Horemheb, the last king of the Eighteenth Dynasty who had no heirs (although it is speculated that Isetnofret, a wife of Ramesses II, was related to him). From Ramesses's line came perhaps the greatest king of the New Kingdom of Egypt, Ramesses II. He ruled for nearly 66 years and had many children, many of them pre-deceased him and were buried in tomb KV5 in the Valley of the Kings, near Thebes.

After Ramesses II's reign the dynasty's (and Egypt's) grandeur declined and the later succession and subsequent rulers are unclear and confused, indeed the ruler Amenmesse may have been a usurper and not directly related to the other rulers of the dynasty.

For a detailed list of the children of Ramesses II see List of children of Ramesses II.


Double crown.svg Ramesses I
Sitre
Hattusili III
Double crown.svg Seti I
Tuya
Maathorneferure
Isetnofret
Double crown.svg Ramesses II
Nefertari
Amun-her-khepsef
Meritamen
RamessesBintanathKhaemwesetIsisnofret
Double crown.svg Merneptah
Takhat
Double crown.svg Seti II
Double crown.svg Twosret
Double crown.svg Amenmesse
Double crown.svg Siptah

References

  1. Joyce Tyldesley: Ramesses, Egypt's Greatest Pharaoh

Bibliography






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