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

• father: Ramesses IIIMedinet Habu procession-of-princes (primary)
• mother: TytiCollier-Dodson-Hamernik 2010 JEA (secondary)

Children

• Ramesses V

Powers

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

Epithets

• ḥqꜣ-mꜣꜥt-rꜥ stp-n-jmn Egyptian · Heqamaatre Setepenamun · titleRuler of Maat is Re, Chosen of AmunRoyal titulary of Ramesses IV (primary)

Relations

• father: Ramesses IIIMedinet Habu procession-of-princes (primary)
• mother: TytiCollier-Dodson-Hamernik 2010 JEA (secondary)
• half sibling: Ramesses VIMedinet Habu procession-of-princes; both sons of Ramesses III by different mothers (primary)
• half sibling: PentaweretCommon paternity from Ramesses III; Judicial Papyrus of Turin (primary)
• half sibling: Khaemwaset CCommon paternity from Ramesses III; Medinet Habu procession-of-princes (primary)
• enemy: PentaweretJudicial Papyrus of Turin (the conspiracy aimed to displace Ramesses IV from succession) (primary)
• spouse: Duatentopet (also Tentopet; probably his half-sister; mother of Ramesses V) · EgyptianQV74 tomb of Duatentopet (primary)
• father of: Ramesses V (Amenherkhepshef II; his successor; reigned 1149-1145 BCE) · EgyptianKV9 tomb (primary)
• spouse: DuatentopetHis chief queen Duatentopet/Tentopet, probably his half-sister, mother of Ramesses V.Tomb QV74, Valley of the Queens (King's-Wife titulary) (primary)
• half sibling: Ramesses VIIIBoth sons of Ramesses III by different mothers.Common paternity from Ramesses III (Medinet Habu procession of princes) (primary)

Sources

• existence: 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 (primary)
• parentage-mother-Tyti: Collier-Dodson-Hamernik, "P. BM 10052, Anthony Harris and Queen Tyti," JEA 96 (2010) (secondary)