Meritamen (disambiguation)
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Meritamen, also spelled Meritamun, Merytamen, Meryetamen (“Beloved of Amun
”) is an ancient Egypt
ian female name. Its male counterpart is Meryamen or Meryamun.
Its notable bearers are:
As a throne name:
Amun
Amun, reconstructed Egyptian Yamānu , was a god in Egyptian mythology who in the form of Amun-Ra became the focus of the most complex system of theology in Ancient Egypt...
”) is an ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...
ian female name. Its male counterpart is Meryamen or Meryamun.
Its notable bearers are:
- Ahmose-MeritamenAhmose-Meritamon (17th dynasty)Ahmose-Meritamon was a princess of the seventeenth dynasty of Egypt, probably a daughter of Tao II the Brave. She is also called Ahmose-Meritamun, Ahmose-Meryetamun or just Meryetamun....
, princess, probably a daughter of Seqenenre Tao II (17th dynasty) - Ahmose-MeritamonAhmose-MeritamonAhmose-Meritamun was a Queen of Egypt during the early Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. She was both the sister and the wife of Pharaoh Amenhotep I...
, queen, wife of Amenhotep IAmenhotep IAmenhotep I was the second Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt. His reign is generally dated from 1526 to 1506 BC. He was born to Ahmose I and Ahmose-Nefertari, but had at least two elder brothers, Ahmose-ankh and Ahmose Sapair, and was not expected to inherit the throne...
(18th dynasty) - MeritamenMeritamen (daughter of Thutmose III)Meritamen was a princess during the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. She was the daughter of Pharaoh Thutmose III and his Great Royal Wife Merytre-Hatshepsut. She is also called Meritamun.- Biography :...
C, princess and God's Wife, a daughter of Thutmose IIIThutmose IIIThutmose III was the sixth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. During the first twenty-two years of Thutmose's reign he was co-regent with his stepmother, Hatshepsut, who was named the pharaoh...
and Merytre-HatshepsutMerytre-HatshepsutQueen Merytre-Hatshepsut was the principal wife of Pharaoh Thutmose III and the mother of Amenhotep II.-Family:Merytre-Hatshepsut was of noble birth...
(18th dynasty) - Meritamen D, princess, another daughter of Thutmose III and Merytre-Hatshepsut (18th dynasty)
- MeritamenMeritamenMeritamen was a daughter and later Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Ramesses the Great.- Family :...
E, princess and queen, daughter of Ramesses IIRamesses IIRamesses II , referred to as Ramesses the Great, was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. He is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire...
and NefertariNefertariNefertari also known as Nefertari Merytmut was one of the Great Royal Wives of Ramesses the Great. Nefertari means 'Beautiful Companion' and Meritmut means 'Beloved of [the Goddess] Mut'. She is one of the best known Egyptian queens, next to Cleopatra, Nefertiti and Hatshepsut...
(19th dynasty) - Meritamen F, a Singer of Amun (21st dynasty). Daughter of Menkheperre and Isetemkheb (C), and hence a grand-daughter of Pinudjem I.
- Meritamen G, princess, owner of an Abydos stela dated to the 25th dynasty by style. It is unknown which pharaoh she was related to.
As a throne name:
- TwosretTwosretQueen Twosret was the last known ruler and the final Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty.She is recorded in Manetho's Epitome as a certain Thuoris, who in Homer is called Polybus, husband of Alcandara, and in whose time Troy was taken. She was said to have ruled Egypt for seven years, but this...
(Sitre Meritamen)