Amenmesse

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Amenmesse was a disputed pharaoh of Egypt’s Nineteenth Dynasty whose brief and possibly usurped reign is known for its political instability and conflicts over succession.

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Amenmesse canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nineteenth Dynasty ruler
ancient Egyptian pharaoh
historical person
alternativeName Amenmesses
Imn-ms-sw
associatedWith Thebes
political fragmentation in late Ramesside period
attestedIn Karnak inscriptions
Royal tomb KV10
Theban region
burialPlace KV10
burialSite Valley of the Kings
chronologicalPosition late Nineteenth Dynasty
coregencyOrOverlapWith Seti II
culture ancient Egyptian
disputedWith Seti II
fatherHypothesis Merneptah
followedByInDynasty Seti II
hasDisputedLegitimacy true
hasUncertainChronology true
hasUncertainParentage true
house Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt
kingdom New Kingdom of Egypt
language Egyptian language
motherHypothesis Takhat
name Amenmesse
notableFor contested succession after Merneptah
erasure of his names from monuments
possiblePredecessor Merneptah
possibleSuccessor Seti II
possibleUsurperOf Seti II
precededByInDynasty Merneptah
reignCentury 13th century BCE
reignCharacteristics conflicts over succession
political instability
reignDynasty Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt
reignLengthEstimate approximately 3–5 years
short reign
reignType disputed reign
relatedTo Ramesside royal family
religion ancient Egyptian religion
royalPrenomenStatus poorly attested
studiedInDiscipline Egyptology
successorActions Seti II usurped his monuments
title King of Upper and Lower Egypt
Lord of the Two Lands

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Referenced by (6)

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Siptah possibleFather Amenmesse
Amenmesse name Amenmesse
Seti II associatedWith Amenmesse
Takhat motherOf Amenmesse
Takhat relative Amenmesse