Ramesses IV

Quartigod son of Ramesses III by Tyti. Third pharaoh of the 20th Dynasty (r. 1155-1149 BCE). Born c. 1190 BCE during the reign of Seti II — alive at 1172 BCE as a young prince in his late teens, before becoming crown prince in 1164 BCE. Survived the 1155 BCE harem conspiracy that killed his father; succeeded as planned. Six-year reign focused on monumental construction and Wadi Hammamat expeditions. Buried in KV2.

Parentage

• Ramesses III
• Tyti

Children

• Ramesses V

Powers

• Marshalling the great Wadi Hammamat expedition
• Exceptional temple-building piety toward the gods

Epithets

• ḥqꜣ-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ stp-n-jmn

Relations

• father: Ramesses III
• mother: Tyti
• half sibling: Ramesses VI
• half sibling: Pentaweret
• half sibling: Khaemwaset C
• enemy: Pentaweret
• spouse: Duatentopet
• half sibling: Ramesses VIII

Sources

• KV2 tomb in the Valley of the Kings; Medinet Habu procession-of-princes; Min-festival relief at Karnak; Wadi Hammamat expedition stelae; Papyrus Harris I; Florence lintel; Egyptian king lists
• Collier-Dodson-Hamernik, "P. BM 10052, Anthony Harris and Queen Tyti," JEA 96 (2010)