A series of rather short-lived
rulers during whose reign power
decentralised.
Ramesses
IV
Ca. 7 years
Horus name: Kanakht Ankhemmaat
Nebhebusedmiitefptahtatjenen
Nebty name:
Mekkemetwafpedjetpesdjet
Golden Falcon name:
Userrenput Wernakhtu
Prenomen: Usermaatre
Setepenamun
Nomen: Ramesses
(heqamaat-meryamun)
(from:
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/chronology/ramsesiv.html)
Wife:
(Dua-)Tentopet:
She was possibly a wife of
Ramses IV and the mother of Ramses V. Buried in QV 74.
Titles: King’s Mother (mwt-niswt), Lady of The Two Lands (nbt-t3wy),
Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt), King’s Daughter (s3t-niswt),
Adoratrice of
the God (duat-ntr).
She may also be a daughter of Ramesses III. She appears as a
Divine Adoratrix (probably during the reign of Ramesses III) in the
Temple of Khonsu at Karnak.
Burial: KV2
http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/sites/browse_tomb_816.html
When he was a royal prince, a tomb was prepared form him in the Valley
of the Queens. As Prince Ramesses he led the titles of King's Son, and
Generalissimo.
Ramesses IV was a son of Ramesses III and Queen Isis.
The mummy of Ramesses IV was found in KV35, one of the royal caches.
Ramesses IV was approximately 50 years old when he died. http://members.tripod.com/anubis4_2000/mummypages2/20A.htm#Ramesses%20IV
 
Ramesses IV at the Khonsu
Temple at Karnak
(Images from Wikimedia Commons)
Horus name: Kanakht Menmaat
Nebty name: ??
Golden Falcon name:
Userrenputmiatum
Prenomen:
Usermaatre-sekheperenre
Nomen: Ramesses
(Amunherkhepeshef)
(From:
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/chronology/ramsesv.html)
Burial
place:
KV9, later usurped by his son. It is not known whether Rameses
VI removed the body of Rameses V, or if the two kings shared the tomb.
http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/sites/browse_tomb_823.html
http://www.osirisnet.net/tombes/pharaons/ramses6/e_ramses6.htm
Wives:
<>Tahenutwati:
Queen mentioned in the Wilbour Papyrus. Possibly a
wife of Ramesses V. Titles: Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt)<>
Taweretenro: Queen mentioned in the Wilbour Papyrus.
Possibly a
wife of Ramesses V. Titles: King’s Wife (hmt-nisw)
Ramesses V was the son of Ramesses IV and
Queen
(Dua-)Tentopet.
The mummy of Ramesses V was found in KV35, one of the royal caches.
Ikram and Dodson place his age at death as being in the early thirties.
He only reigned for some 5 years. The death of the pharaoh at such a
young age
resulted in the crown passing to his uncle Amenhirkhopshef, who took
the
throne under the name Ramesses VI.
http://members.tripod.com/anubis4_2000/mummypages2/20A.htm#Ramesses%20V
Horus name:
Kanakht Aanakhtu
Nebty name:
Userkhepeshhedhefenu
Golden Falcon name:
Userrenputmitatjenen
Prenomen:
Nebmaatre-meryamun
Nomen: Ramesses
(Amenherkhepeshef)
(From:
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/chronology/ramsesvi.html)
Burial place: KV9,
later
usurped by his son. It is not known whether Rameses VI removed
the body of Rameses V, or if the two kings shared the tomb.
http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/sites/browse_tomb_823.html
http://www.osirisnet.net/tombes/pharaons/ramses6/e_ramses6.htm
Nefertera: Possible wife of Ramesses VI. Mentioned in
the
tomb
of Pennut in Aniba.
Titles: King’s Wife (hmt-nisw)
Nubkhesed: Wife of Ramses VI. Mother of Princess
Isis,
who would later be the God’s Wife of Amun.
Titles: Great King’s Wife, his beloved (hmt-niswt-wrt meryt.f), Lady of
The Two Lands (nbt-t3wy)
Ramesses VI was a son of Ramesses III and
Queen
Isis.
Born
as
Prince Amenhirkhopshef, he took over the throne when his nephew
Ramesses V died at a relatively young age. Ramesses VI only reigned for
8 years and died when he was early middle aged.
http://members.tripod.com/anubis4_2000/mummypages2/20A.htm#Ramesses%20VI
Ramesses VI and Nubkhesbed had 3 sons
and a
daughter.
Prince Itamun would follow his father on the throne as Ramesses VII.
Prince Amenhirkhepeshef (D) was buried in KV13.
A Prince Panebenkemyt is depicted on statues of the king.
A daughter named Princess Iset was installed as god's wife of Amun.
Ramesses
VII
Ca. 8 years
Horus name:
Kanakht Anemnisut
Nebty name:
Mekkemet-wafkhastiu
Golden Falcon name:
Userrenputmiatum
Prenomen:
Usermaatre-setpenre-meryamun
Nomen: Ramesses Itiamun
(from:
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/chronology/ramsesvii.html)
Burial place: KV1
http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/sites/browse_tomb_815.html
Ramesses VII may have had a son called Prince Ramesses, but apparently
this prince predeceased his father as the throne went to another branch
of the royal family.
Ramesses VIII
Ca. 1 year
Horus name: ??
Nebty name: ??
Golden Falcon name: ??
Prenomen:
Usermaatre-akhenamun
Nomen: Ramesses
(Sethherkhepeshef-meryamun)
(From:http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/chronology/ramsesviii.html)
Burial place:
Unknown
S. Redford
suggests that Set-hirkhopshef may be the son of Ramesses III and Queen
Tiye,
the Queen implicated in the plot against her husband. As Prince
Set-hirkhopshef he held several titles: King's son, Hereditary prince
of the royal children of his Majesty, and Charioteer of the Great
Stable. As a prince tomb QV43 was prepared for him in the
Valley of the Queens, but this tomb was
never used. He survived his (half ? -)brothers and his nephew, and took
the throne as Ramesses VIII.
Ramesses
IX
Ca 18 years
Horus name: Kanakht
Khaemwaset
Nebty name:
Userkhepesh-sankhtawy
Golden Falcon name:
Userrenputmiredjet
Prenomen:
Neferkare-setepenre
Nomen: Ramesses
Khaemwaset
(From:http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/chronology/ramsesix.html)
Burial
place:
KV6
http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/sites/browse_tomb_820.html
Papyri
documenting the prosecution of tomb robbers tell us that the situation
in Egypt
was not quite stabile during this period.
Wives:
- Takhat (B): Possibly the wife of Prince
Mentuhirkhepesef B (a
son of Ramesses III) and mother of Ramesses IX. Probably buried in
KV10. Titles: King’s Mother (mwt-niswt),
- Baketwerenere: Possibly the wife of Ramesses IX.
Buried in the
usurped tomb of Amenmesse (KV10). Titles: Great King’s Wife
(hmt-niswt-wrt)
This King
was
probably the son of Prince Mentuhirkhopshef and Takhat, and a grandson
of Ramses III.
The mummy of Ramesses IX was found in DB320,
one
of
the royal caches.
http://members.tripod.com/anubis4_2000/mummypages2/20A.htm#Ramesses%20IX
Ramesses X
Ca. 4
years
Horus name:
Kanakht Sekhaare
Nebty name: ??
Golden Falcon name:
??
Prenomen: Khepermaatre-setepenre
Nomen: Ramesses
(Amunherkhepeshef-meryamun)
(From:http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/chronology/ramsesx.html)
Burial place: KV18
http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/sites/browse_tomb_832.html
Wife:
- Tyti?:
Possibly a wife of Ramesses X. Buried in QV52. It's not certain
where this Queen fits in the 20th dynasty. She may be the
Daughter of Ramesses IX, Wife and Sister of Ramesses X and the Mother
of Ramesses XI. Titles: Hereditary Princess (iryt-p`t), Great of
Praises (wrt-hzwt),
Sweet of Love (bnrt-mrwt), God’s Mother (mwt-ntr), :Lady of Grace
(nbt-im3t), Lady of The Two Lands (nbt-t3wy), Great King’s Wife
(hmt-niswt-wrt), God’s Wife (hmt-ntr), Sistrum player of Amun
(shmyt-imnw), King’s Daughter (s3t-niswt), King’s Sister (snt-niswt),
King’s Mother (mwt-niswt).
Horus name:
Kanakht Meryre
Nebty name:
Userkhepesh-hedhefenu
Golden Falcon name:
Werpehtisankhtawy-ityankhwedjaseneb-seheribmaat-seheteptawy
Prenomen:
Menmaatre-setpenptah
Nomen:
Ramesses-Khamwaset-meryamun-netjerheqaiunu
(From:
http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/chronology/ramsesxi.html)
Burial place: KV4.
This
site was prepared for Ramesses IX, but the Theban Mapping project
mentions that "The tomb of Rameses XI was abandoned without
being used for the
king's burial."
http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/sites/browse_tomb_818.html
Tentamun (A): Possible wife of Ramesses
XI.
Mother of Queen Henntawy (wife of Pinudjem I). Mentioned in funerary
papyrus of
her daughter. Titles: none known.
Some
officials from this time:
High Priests of Amun
Ramessesnakht,
High priest of Amun, Temp. Ramesses
IV - Ramesses IX Tomb: TT 293.
Father: Merubaste (Chief Steward of the Lord of the Two Lands)
Ramessesnakht was married to Adjedet-Aat and had at least two sons:
Nebamun and Amenhotep, and a daughter Tamerit. Tamerit was married to
the Third Prophet of Amun, Amenemope and is identified as the daughter
of Ramessesnakht and Adjedet-Aat in Amenemope's tomb (TT148).
Ramessesnakht's wife was the daughter of the First Prophet of Nekhbet
named Setau in El Kab. Ramessesnakht is depicted in Setau's tomb in El
Kab. (see osirisnet)
It is known that Ramessesnakht went on a quarrying expedition to the
Wadi Hammamat during the reign of Ramesses IV and secured gold and
galena (for eye paint) under Ramesses VII and IX. (f.i. Chapter 2 of Egyptian Historical Inscriptions of the
Twentieth Dynasty by A. J. Peden.) Ramessesnakht was buried
during the reign of Ramesses IX.
Rock cut stela in the Wadi Hammamat record expeditions. In year 3 of
Ramesses IV the High Priest Ramessesnakht lead an expedition consisting
of some 8,368 men including a fully organized division of the Egyptian
army (The Scepter of Egypt II, by W.
C. Hayes pg.371)
Amenhotep, The vizier, great confidante of his
mater, first prophet of Amun-resonther, Ramses IX - XI.
Son of Ramessesnakht.
During the reign of Ramesses XI, the Viceroy of Nubia attacked Thebes
to restore order. Paneshy besieged the high priest at the fortified
temple of Medinet Habu. It is not known if the High Priest, Amenhotep,
survived this attack.
See: The Suppression of the High
Priest Amenhotep, by Edward F. Wente, Journal of Near Eastern
Studies 1966
Morales, A. J., The Suppression of the High Priest Amenhotep: A
Suggestion to the
Role of Panhesi, GM 181 (2001), 59-75.
Panehesy: The Viceroy of Nubia may have also become High
Priest
of Amun?
Herihor: Temp Ramses XI. Herihor also served as general.
Herihor was married to the lady Nodjmet, who may have been a sister of
Ramses XI.
Pa-ankh:
temp Rameses XI His name is sometimes written as Piankhi. He was
also a general and later founded the 21st dynasty. Possibly son-in-law
of Herihor. Piankhi's wife is named Hereret.
God's Wives of Amun and
Divine Adoratrices
Isis-Ta-Hemdjert: King’s Great Wife, King’s Mother, God’s
Wife
Wife of Ramesses III and mother of Ramesses IV. Participated in the
installation of her grand-daughter Iset as God’s Wife of Amun.
[Dodson-Hilton, pg 192]
(Dua)Tentopet: Adoratrix, King’s Daughter, King’s Wife,
King’s Mother.
Tentopet was the wife of Ramesses IV. Only seems to have been an
adoratrix and never a God’s Wife. Buried in Queens valley tomb QV74.
[Dodson-Hilton, pg 192]
Isis: (Iset, Aset)
King’s Daughter, Adoratrix, God’s Wife of Amun
Daughter of Ramesses VI. Depicted as an adoratrix on a stela from
Koptos. The title is incorporated into her cartouche on this monument,
rendering her name as Duat-Netjer-Iset. [Dodson-Hilton, pg 190] Her
installation as God’s Wife of Amun is mentioned on a block from Karnak.
[Dodson-Hilton, image of inscription on pg 193
Tyti: King’s Daughter, King’s Sister, King’s Wife, King’s
Mother, God’s Wife.
Possibly wife of Ramesses X. Buried in QV 52 in the Valley of the
Queens [Dodson-Hilton]
High Priests of Ptah
SPP (Ramesses-)Khaemwaset: son of Ramesses III and Queen
Iset.
Khaemwaset was buried in the Queens Valley (QV44).
HPM Khaemwaset, also Governor of Town and Vizier, time of
Ramses IX (statue)
Khaemwese Governor of the Town
and Vizier, Greatest of
the directors of craftsmen of Ptah, etc., temp. Ramesses IX-X, in
Aix-en-Provence, Musée Granet, 849-1-4-S. http://griffith.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/gri/s13.html
Néferrenpet
Time of Ramsesses IX
Viziers
Nehy? from
the time of Ramesses
III (IV?)
Possibly a Vizier mentioned on blocks from Thebes.
Appears in a scene with Ramesses III, Queen Isis and her mother Queen
Hemdjeret? Possibly this is a scene depicting the installation of Isis
as God's Wife, which would date this to the reign of Ramesses IV
Queen Ēse of the Twentieth Dynasty and Her
Mother, by Jaroslav Černý The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology
© 1958
Mentehetef (Montu-hir-hetef). Vizier from the
time of Ramesses
IX
Father
of the vizier Wennefer. Mentehetef and Wennefer are known from an
inscription in the rear of the Monthu temple at Karnak.
Vizier Menteḥetef, by Jac. J.
Janssen The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology © 1967
Wennefer Vizier from the
time of Ramesses
IX
Son
of Mentehetef. Mentehetef and
Wennefer are known from an inscription in the rear of the Monthu temple
at Karnak.
Mentioned in Vizier Menteḥetef, by Jac.
J. Janssen The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology © 1967
Nebmarenakht also called Saht(a)-nefer. from the
time of Ramesses
IX - Ramesses XI
A fragment was
found with the name of Nebmarenakht in TT293, the tomb of
Ramessesnakht (High priest of
Amun, Time of Rameses IV). Van Siclen states:
"Nebmaatre-nakht/Saht(a)-nefer is attested as holding office for a
minimum of 42 years (from year 7 of
Ramses IX until year 2 of the Renaissance = year 20 of Ramses XI), and
he
would have been 60 (±4) years old at its end. The close of his
career
is uncertain." It seems that Nebmarenakht may have been temporarily
replaced by the Vizier Khaemwaset, but was later reinstated.
The Supposed Revolution of the High-Priest
Amenḥotpe under Ramesses IX, by T. Eric Peet
The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology © 1926
Khaemwaset. Vizier from the
time of Ramesses
IX
Khaemwaset may have replaced Nebmarenakht from year 14 to
17 of Ramesses IX.
The Supposed Revolution of
the High-Priest Amenḥotpe under Ramesses IX, by T. Eric Peet The
Journal of Egyptian Archaeology © 1926
(A History of
Ancient Egypt By Nicolas-Christophe Grimal - pg 289)
Herihor from the
time of Ramesses
XI
Served as High Priest of Amun and later as
Vizier under Ramesses XI. His wife Nodjmet may have been a sister of
Ramesses XI. Herihor and Smendes divided up the country between them.
Viceroy of Nubia
Hori II, Time
of
Ramesses III and Ramesses IV
Hori II is a son of Hori I and also served as Viceroy of Kush. Their
tombs have been found in Tell Basta.
A depiction of Hori and the Governor of Buhen are shown before the
cartouche of Ramesses III on a lintel from Buhen.
(mentioned in Editorial Foreword The Journal of
Egyptian Archaeology © 1963)
Hori II held the titles: King's son of Kush, overseer of the Gold Lands
of Amen-Re, King of the Gods. King's scribe.
(The Viceroys of Ethiopia (Continued), by George
A. Reisner The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology © 1920)
????Siese,
Time of
Ramesses VI
I have only seen this name on wikipedia. cannot find a source for this
individual.
????Nahiho, Time of
Ramesses VII (maybe VIII)
I have only seen this name on wikipedia. cannot find a source for this
individual.
I did notice that Peden mentions the Charioteer of the Residence,
Nahiho, son of the Viceroy Wentawat.
Wentawuat, Time of
Ramesses IX
'King's son of Kush, overseer of the Gold Lands of Amen-Re King of the
Gods, Head of the stable of the Court.
First of His Majesty (i.e. charioteer), Door-opener. Steward of Amun at
Khnum-Weset. High-Priest of Amunn of Khnum-Weset, or of Ramesses" Son
of an unnamed viceroy. He may have been the son of Hori II,
but this is more or less speculation.
(The Viceroys of Ethiopia (Continued), by George
A. Reisner The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology © 1920)
A man named Panaho was apparently scribe to both
Wentawat and Ramessesnakht.
(Peden: Graffiti of Pharaonic Egypt - via Google Book Search Pg 132-133)
Tjeni? A viceroy
mentioned in grafitto on a pillar in the temple of Buhen. The text also
mentions Ramesses XI.
(Peden: Graffiti of Pharaonic Egypt - via Google Book Search)
Ramessesnakht, Time of Ramesses XI
A man named Panaho was apparently scribe to both Wentawat and
Ramessesnakht.
(Peden: Graffiti of Pharaonic Egypt - via Google Book Search)
Also known from grafitti in the temple of Hatshepsut at Buhen. There is
no evidence that this Viceroy is connected with other high officials of
the same name (i.e the High Priest of Amun)
(The Viceroys of Ethiopia, by George A. Reisner
The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology © 1920)
May be placed earlier?: Known from an inscription
on a piece of jewelry. globalegyptian
museum
Panehesy: end of the 20th dynasty. This
Viceroy became
persona non-grata. Panehsy, the most powerful person in the Thebaid,
set up a military coup by his own decision and without royal support.
High Priest Amenhotep may not have been killed then, but helped by the
king, without gaining back his former position, however. A source of
conflict was Amenhotep's accusation of atrocities by the Nubian
soldiers of Panehsy against the Theban population, whereupon Panehsy
received the royal command to leave Thebes and to travel south. Nine
months after the war had started, Herihor's army dispelled that of
Panehsy, the later enemy of state, to the south. Panehsy, buried in
Aniba, can be considered the founder of an independent Nubia.
(See for instance: The Suppression of the High
Priest Amenhotep, by Edward F. Wente Journal of Near Eastern Studies
© 1966 )
Titles: King's scribe. Commander of the army. Overseer of the granary.
Steward of Amen-Re. Great chief of the treasury.
The Viceroys of Ethiopia (II)
by George A. Reisner The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 6, No.
1. (Jan., 1920), pp. 73-88.
Other
Kynebu, priest in
temple for king Thutmose IV, Temp. Rameses VIII
Parents: Bekenamun (wab-priest of Amun); Wife
: Isis.Brother: Hori
called Karo. (TT 113)
Amenemopet, priest of
Amun,
High Priest of Mut, Temp. Rameses III - IV
Parents:
Tjanefer (TT158) and Nefertary;
The chief wife of Amenemope was called Tamert. She served
as
Chief of the Harem of Amun. Tamert was a daughter of the
high Priest
of Amun Ramesses-nakht and hance also a sister of the High Priest of
Amun
Amenhotep.
Amenemope had a second wife named Tamit, who was a daughter of a high
priest
named Siese and his wife Tawenesh.
Amenemope had a son named Usermarenakht who later became the High
Priest
of Mut.
Scenes in the tomb show the deceased rewarded by a Prince before the
King. (TT 148)
Heqamaatranakht
called Turo, High priest of
Monthu, Temp. Rameses III-IV
Wife:
Wiay
(Chief of the Harem of Monthu) Sons: Userhet (Chief Prophet
of
Monthu) and Panebmontu (First Prophet of Monthu) (TT222)
Inherkhau, foreman in the
Place of Truth, Rameses III - Rameses IV
His wife Webet, (Chantress of Amun); Sons:
Kenna and Harmin. Also mentioned
is Nakhtemmut (Head of the works in the Place of Truth). (TT359)
http://www.osirisnet.net/tombes/artisans/inerk/e_inerk.htm
Tjanefer, Third Priest of Amun. TT158.
Tjanefer had a wife named Adjedet? His son Amenemope later married a
daughter
of the High Priest of Amun (see above under Amenemope). According to
Porter
and Moss he had a wife named Nefertary, who
was
Chief of the Harem of Amun. Tjanefer probably started his career
during the reign of Ramesses III.
It is known from the tomb robber's papyrus that his tomb was robbed in
year
13 of the reign of Ramesses XI. The family - or whatever funerary
equipment
remained - may have been reburied in TT148, the tomb of his son
Amenemope.
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