Ramesses II

Pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty (~1279-1213 BCE). The longest-reigning and most-attested Egyptian pharaoh. Battle of Kadesh, Egyptian-Hittite treaty, monumental construction at Abu Simbel and the Ramesseum. Subject of Shelley's Ozymandias. Less developed Birth Cycle than the 18th Dynasty pharaohs but full claim of divine paternity through royal titulary.

Parentage

• Amun
• Tuya

Children

• Amunherkhepeshef
• Khaemweset
• Merneptah

Powers

• kingship egyptian conferral
• monumental construction
• military command

Epithets

• 𓄤𓇳𓁛𓍉𓈖𓇳
• 𓀴𓏠𓈖
• wsr-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ stp-n-rꜥ

Relations

• father of: Khaemweset
• father of: Merneptah
• father of: Amunherkhepeshef
• spouse: Nefertari
• spouse: Isetnofret

Sources

• Abu Simbel temple complex
• Battle of Kadesh inscriptions, Karnak
• Egyptian-Hittite treaty (KBo 1.7)
• Royal titulary