Meritamen

Meritamen (also spelled Meritamon, Meritamun, Merytamen, Merytamun, Meryt-Amen; ancient Egyptian: Beloved of Amun) was a daughter and later Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Ramesses the Great, born by his first queen Nefertari.

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Royalty.name: Meritamen
Royalty.title: Queen consort of EgyptGreat Royal WifeLady of The Two LandsMistress of Upper and Lower Egypt King's Daughter, his beloved, etc
Royalty.image: Akhmim6.jpg
Royalty.caption: Statue of Meritamen
Royalty.death_place: Thebes?
Royalty.burial_place: QV68, Valley of the Queens, Thebes
Royalty.spouse: Ramesses II
Royalty.dynasty: 19th of Egypt
Royalty.father: Ramesses II
Royalty.mother: Nefertari
Royalty.religion: Ancient Egyptian religion
Hieroglyphs.title: Meritamen
Hieroglyphs.name explanation: Meritamen Mrjt Jmn Beloved of Amun
Hieroglyphs.remarks:   Daughter and Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Ramesses II
Hieroglyphs.image1 width: 230px
Hieroglyphs.image1 description: Statue of Queen Meritamen from the Ramesseum. Image from the Ancient Egypt Web Site (www.ancient-egypt.co.uk).

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Instance of: human
Gender: female
Citizenship: Ancient Egypt
Place of birth: Egypt
Place of death: Thebes
Spouse: Ramesses II
Father: Ramesses II
Mother: Nefertari
Sibling: Khaemweset
Occupation: politician
Family: Ramessides
Noble title: princess
Image: Meritamen1.jpg

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Commons category: Meritamen
date of birth: 1400-01-01
date of death: 1300-01-01
place of burial: Valley of the Kings

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Family
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Burial in the Queens Valley
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