Isetnofret II

Isetnofret II
Queen consort of Egypt
Great Royal Wife
Lady of The Two Lands
Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt

Isetnofret II
Spouse Pharaoh Merenptah
Issue Seti II,
Possibly Prince Merenptah, Prince Khaemwaset, Princess Isetnofret
Egyptian name
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H8
nfr r&t
Dynasty 19th of Egypt
Father maybe Ramesses II, maybe Khaemwaset
Mother possibly Isetnofret if the father is Ramesses II
Religion Ancient Egyptian religion

Isetnofret (or Isis-nofret or Isitnofret) (Ancient Egyptian: "the beautiful Isis") was one of the Great Royal Wives of Pharaoh Merenptah.

Family

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:

Titles

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]

Life

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]

Notes

  1. Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson (2004), p. 178, 183
  2. 2.0 2.1 Dodson & Hilton, p.178, 182
  3. Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson (2004), p.178
  4. W. Grajetzki, Ancient Egyptian Queens: a hieroglyphic dictionary.
  5. Dodson & Hilton, p.182
  6. Porter and Moss Topographical Bibliography; Volume V Upper Egypt Griffith Institute, p.210
  7. Porter and Moss Topographical Bibliography; Volume V Upper Egypt Griffith Institute. p.212
  8. Tomb of Isetnofret Discovered in Saqqara

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