| Isetnofret II | ||||||
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| Great Royal Wife Lady of The Two Lands Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt Queen consort ofEgypt | ||||||
 Isetnofret II | ||||||
| Spouse | Merenptah | |||||
| Issue | Seti II Merenptah Khaemwaset Isetnofret | |||||
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| Dynasty | Nineteenth of Egypt | |||||
| Father | Ramesses II orKhaemwaset | |||||
| Mother | Isetnofret or Khaemwaset's consort (Meheweskhe?) | |||||
| Religion | Ancient Egyptian religion | |||||
Isetnofret (orIsis-nofret orIsitnofret) (Ancient Egyptian: "the beautiful Isis") was a royal woman of Ancient Egypt and, as theGreat Royal Wife ofPharaohMerenptah, she became Isetnofret II.
Isetnofret II may have been the daughter of PrinceKhaemwaset. If so, she married her uncleMerneptah.
Another possibility is that Isetnofret II is a daughter of KingRamesses II and his secondgreat royal wife, QueenIsetnofret I.
Her children include:
The titles of Isetnofret II include: Lady of The Two Lands (nbt-t3wy), Great King’s Wife (hmt-niswt-wrt), Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt (hnwt-Shm’w -mhw), King’s Wife (hmt-nisw).[4]
Isetnofret II grew up during the reign of Ramesses II, her possible grandfather. If she was the daughter of Khaemwaset, she may have grown up in Memphis, otherwise, she grew up in Piramesse.
Isetnofret II is attested several times during the reign of her husband:[5]
It is not known when or where Isetnofret II died or where she was buried. If Isetnofret was the daughter of Khaemwaset, she may have been buried at Saqqara. The tomb of a royal lady named Isetnofret was discovered in Saqqara during 2009 excavations by Waseda University.[8]
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