Tausret
Egyptian · scion · new kingdom · Recorded classification
Last pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty (sole rule c. 1191-1188 BCE). One of the few female pharaohs in Egyptian history to assume the full male-pharaoh iconographic vocabulary (alongside Hatshepsut and the contested Sobekneferu/Neferusobek). Manetho synchronizes her reign with the fall of Troy. Overthrown by Setnakhte in civil war c. 1188 BCE; tomb usurped, name replastered, mortuary temple destroyed; excluded from the Medinet Habu king-list under Ramesses III. Demigod typing per the 19th-Dynasty Birth Cycle convention applied consistently to her registered siblings/half-siblings (Seti II, Khaemweset, Merneptah, Amunherkhepeshef).
Parentage
- father: MerneptahProbable but not definitively attested in surviving inscriptions.Pearce Creasman 2013 (architectural-style argument) (secondary)
- mother: Isetnofret IIInferred from Merneptah's known consort and the architectural-style argument (secondary)
Relations
- sibling: Seti IIFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
- father: MerneptahProbable but not definitively attested in surviving inscriptions.Pearce Creasman 2013 (architectural-style argument) (secondary)
- mother: Isetnofret IIInferred from Merneptah's known consort and the architectural-style argument (secondary)
- spouse: Seti IIKV14 (primary)
- enemy: Setnakhte (founder of the 20th Dynasty; her overthrower per the Elephantine Stela) · EgyptianSetnakhte's Elephantine Stela (primary)
Sources
- existence: KV14 (joint tomb with Seti II); Tausret's mortuary temple at Gournah; Setnakhte's Elephantine Stela; Manetho Epitome (primary)
- parentage: Pearce Creasman 2013 (architectural-style argument linking her to Merneptah) (secondary)