| Isetnofret II | |
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| Queen consort of Egypt | |
Isetnofret II |
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| Full name | Queen Isetnofret (II) |
| Titles | Great Royal Wife Lady of The Two Lands Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt |
| Consort | Pharaoh Merenptah |
| Dynasty | 19th of Egypt |
| Father | maybe Ramesses II, maybe Khaemwaset |
| Mother | possibly Isetnofret if the father is Ramesses II |
| Children | Seti II, Possibly Prince Merenptah, Prince Khaemwaset, Princess Isetnofret |
| Religious beliefs | Ancient Egyptian religion |
| Isetnofret in hieroglyphs |
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Isetnofret (or Isis-nofret or Isitnofret) (Ancient Egyptian: "the beautiful Isis") was one of the Great Royal Wives of Pharaoh Merenptah.
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Queen Isetnofret II may have been the daughter of Prince Khaemwaset. If so she married her uncle Merneptah.
Another possibility is that Isetnofret II is a daughter of King Ramesses II and possibly a daughter of Queen Isetnofret I.
Her children include:
Queen Isetnofret II's titles include: Lady of The Two Lands (nbt-t3wy), Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt), Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt (hnwt-Shm’w -mhw), King’s Wife (hmt-nisw).[4]
Isetnofret II grew up during the reign of Ramesses II, her possible grandfather. If she was the daughter of Khaemwaset, she may have very well grown up in Memphis, or otherwise Piramesse.
Isetnofret II is attested several times during the reign of her husband:[5]
It is not known when or where Isetnofret died or where she was buried. If Isetnofret was the daughter of Khaemwaset, then she may have been buried at Saqqara. The tomb of a royal lady named Isetnofret was recently discovered in Saqqara during excavations by Waseda University.[8]