Daughters
It is harder to determine the birth order of the daughters than that of the sons. The first ten of them usually appear in the same order. Many of the princesses are known to us only from Abydos and from ostrakons. The six eldest princesses have statues at the entrance of the Greater Abu Simbel temple.
- Bintanath (“Daughter of Anath”), daughter of Isetnofret, later Great Royal Wife.
- Baketmut (“Handmaid of Mut”)
- Princess Nefertari, possibly the wife of Amun-her-khepeshef.
- Meritamen (“Beloved of Amun”) is Nefertari's daughter, later Great Royal Wife. She is probably the best known of Ramesses' daughters.
- Nebettawy (“Lady of the Two Lands”) later became Great Royal Wife.
- Isetnofret (“The beautiful Isis”) is also known from a letter in which two singers inquire after her health. It is possible she was identical with Merenptah's wife Isetnofret, but it is also possible that Merenptah's wife was Khaemwaset's daughter, also called Isetnofret.
- Henuttawy (“Mistress of the Two Lands”) was Nefertari's daughter.
- Werenro
- Nedjemmut (“Mut is Sweet”)
- Pypuy is likely to be identical with a lady who was the daughter of Iwy and was reburied with a group of 18th dynasty princesses in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna.
From the Luxor procession of daughters: Nebetiunet (“Lady of Denderah”, 11.), Renpetnefer/Parerenpetnefer (12.), Merytkhet (13.), Nebetha (14.), Mut-Tuya (15.), Meritptah (“Beloved of Ptah”, 16.)
From the Abydos procession: Nubher (18.), Shehiryotes (19.), Henut (20.), Merytmihapi (“Beloved like Hapi”, 22.), Meritites (“Beloved by Her Father”, 23.), Nubemiunu (24.), Henutsekhemu (“Mistress of Powers”, 25.), Henutpahuro (26.), Neferure (“Beauty of Re”, daughter of Maathorneferure, 31.), Merytnetjer (“Beloved of the God”, 32.), khesbed (16. on the second Abydos procession)
From Wadi es-Sebua: Henutpare (58.), Nebetnehat (59.),
From a Louvre ostrakon: taweret (3.), Henuttaneb (“Mistress of All Lands”, 4.), Tuya (5.), Henuttadesh (6.), Hetepenamun (“Peace of Amun”, 7.), Nebetimmunedjem (8.), Henuttamehu (“Lady of Lower Egypt”, 9.), Nebetananash (10.), Sitamun (“Daughter of Amun”, 11.), Tia-Sitre (“Daughter of Re”, 12.), Tuya-Nebettawy (13.), Takhat (probably identical with the wife of Sethi II; 14.), Nubemweskhet (15.)
Read more about this topic: List Of Children Of Ramesses II
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