He was never crown prince it is likely he predeceased his elder brothers. Appears on depictions of the triumph after the Battle of Kadesh and in the smaller Abu-Simbel temple. Pareherwenemef (“Re Is with His Right Arm”), Nefertari's second son.Ramesses (“Born of Rê”), eldest son of Isetnofret, crown prince between Years 25 and 50.He is likely to be the same person as Seth-her-khepeshef or Sethirkopshef. Amunherkhepeshef (“ Amun Is with His Strong Arm”), firstborn son of Nefertari crown prince until his death in Year 26.This was probably caused by the fact that his family was not of royal origin and he wanted to stress their royal status. Ramesses' efforts to have his children depicted on several of his monuments are in contradiction with the earlier tradition of keeping royal children, especially boys in the background unless they held important official titles. Many of his sons were buried in the tomb KV5. The sons of Ramesses appear on depictions of battles and triumphs–such as the Battle of Kadesh and the siege of the Syrian city of Dapur–already early in his reign (Years 5 and 10, respectively), thus it is likely that several of them were born before he ascended to the throne. Some names are known to us from ostraka, tombs and other sources. Lists of princes and princesses were found in the Ramesseum, Luxor, Wadi es-Sebua and Abydos. The first few children of Ramesses usually appear in the same order on depictions. Most of his children are known to us from processions like this. Temple Wadi es-Sebua A procession of the first nine daughters of Ramesses: Bintanath, Baketmut, Nefertari, Meritamen, Nebettawy, Isetnofret, Henuttawy, Werenro and Nedjemmut. The first eight sons of Ramesses: Amunherkhepeshef, Ramesses, Pareherwenemef, Khaemwaset, Montuherkhepeshef, Nebenkharu, Meryamun and Sethemwia. Except the first Hittite princess Maathorneferure and possibly Bintanath, none are known to have borne children to the pharaoh. Other than Nefertari and Isetnofret, Ramesses had six more great royal wives during his reign – his own daughters Bintanath, Meritamen, Nebettawy and Henutmire (who, according to another theory was his sister), and two daughters of Hattusili III, King of Hatti. Both queens' firstborn sons and first few daughters had statues at the entrance of the Greater Abu Simbel temple, although only Nefertari's children were depicted in the smaller temple, dedicated to her. Ramesses apparently made no distinctions between the offspring of his first two principal wives, Nefertari and Isetnofret. The Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses II had a large number of children: between 48 and 50 sons, and 40 to 53 daughters – whom he had depicted on several monuments.
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