Isetnofret
| Isetnofret | ||||||
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| Queen consort of Egypt Great Royal Wife | ||||||
Upper Register: King Ramesses II, Isetnofret and Khaemwaset before Khnum Lower Register, left to right: Merneptah, Bintanath and Prince Ramesses. | ||||||
| Burial | Saqqara ? | |||||
| Spouse | Ramesses II | |||||
| Issue | Ramesses Bintanath Khaemwaset Merenptah Isetnofret ? | |||||
| Egyptian name |
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| Dynasty | 19th of Egypt | |||||
| Father | Nemtimose (?) | |||||
| Mother | Isitnofret (?) | |||||
| Religion | Ancient Egyptian religion | |||||
Isetnofret (or Isis-nofret or Isitnofret) (Ancient Egyptian: "the beautiful/good Isis" or "Isis is beautiful/good") was one of the Great Royal Wives of Pharaoh Ramesses II and was the mother of his successor, Merneptah. She may have become, around the same time as Nefertari, one of the many wives of Ramesses II before he was crown prince (In the first year of his tenure as crown prince, Ramesses II was granted an entire harem by his father, Seti I). All evidence confirming Isetnofret's title of Chief Queen comes from after her death, suggesting that she was likely posthumously granted the title, around the 30th to 33rd/34th year of Ramesses II's reign.