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Ramesses was an
Ancient Egypt ian prince, the eldest son of PharaohRamesses II and QueenIsetnofret . He had a sister Bint-Anath who was elevated to the position of great royal wife later in the reign of Ramesses II. He is listed on several monuments with his younger brothers Khaemwaset and Merenptah. He is listed as number two in the list of procession of Ramesses' sons. He served as the heir to the Egyptian throne from around Year 25 to Year 50 of his father's reign. [Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson (2004), p.173]He is attested in numerous inscriptions including the Egyptian 'triumph' scenes after the
Battle of Kadesh ." [Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton, op. cit., p.173]Prince Ramesses is also attested in Saqqara. He must have participated in some of the ceremonies for the Apis bulls, when his brother
Khaemwaset was first sem-priest of Ptah and later High Priest of Ptah in Memphis. The King's Son and Generalissimo Ramesses donated a votive statue for one of the Apis burials sometime between years 16 and 30 of his father's reign. Prince Ramesses is depicted in the Speos of West Silsila on a royal family stela dating to ca. year 30, and on a family stela from Aswan. On these stela he is accompanied by his parents and his brothers and sister. Ramesses andKhaemwaset together appear on a statue group with their mother QueenIsetnofret which is now in the Louvre (Louvre 2272). [ [http://euler.slu.edu/Dept/Faculty/bart/egyptianhtml/kings%20and%20Queens/Khaemwaset.html Prince Khaemwaset ] ]After his death around Year 50 of Ramesses II, he was buried in Tomb
KV5 in the Valley of the Kings. His brotherKhaemwaset succeeded him to become Egypt's new crown-prince in his place.Notes
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