Takhat was the mother of Pharaoh Amenmesse (c. 1201-1198 BC). Her lineage is unknown.
She bore the titles King's Daughter and King's Wife.
Her husband, Merneptah (c. 1213-1203 BC), was the son of Ramesses II (c. 1279-1213 BC) and Isetnofret. During his reign, he led a six-hour battle against a combined Libyan and Sea People force at the city of Perire.
Isetnofret, a Great Royal Wife of Ramesses II, was likely the daughter of Nemtimose and Isitnofret, who was likely daughter of Horemheb (c. 1319-1292 BC), the last pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt.
Isetnofret was the mother of Ramesses II’s successor, Merneptah (c. 1213-1203 BC).
Merneptah was succeeded by Seti II (c. 1203-1197 BC), who was then succeeded by Amenmesse (c. 1201-1198 BC).
Tausret (c. 1191-1189 BC) was the Great Royal Wife of Seti II (c. 1203-1197 BC), and the last known ruler of the 19th Dynasty of Egypt.
After Seti II's death, Tausret became regent to his heir Siptah (c. 1197-1191 BC), whose mother is often identified as Sutailja.
When Siptah died, Tausret officially assumed the throne for herself.
Queen Tiya (Tiy) is known from monuments connected with Pharaoh Amenmesse. Her lineage is unknown.
Her husband, Amenmesse, ruled Egypt for three to four years at the end of the New Kingdom (c. 1570-1069 BC).
Egypt’s First Intermediate Period (c. 2181-2055 BC) marked the end of a strong centralized government and Egypt’s shift to regional power struggles until Theban kings consolidated Upper Egypt and reunified the country under Mentuhotep II (c. 2040-2009 BC), becoming the first pharaoh of the Middle Kingdom (c. 2055-1650 BC).
It comprises the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, 10th, and part of the 11th Dynasties. Egypt was divided between two competing power bases. One of the bases was at Heracleopolis in Lower Egypt, and the other was at Thebes, in Upper Egypt.
After a series of conflicts, Mentuhotep II defeated the rulers of Heracleopolis and reunified Upper and Lower Egypt.
The Second Intermediate Period marks a period when ancient Egypt was divided into smaller dynasties for a second time, between the end of the Middle Kingdom and the start of the New Kingdom (c. 1570-1069 BC).
The 18th Egyptian Dynasty began when Pharaoh Ahmose I (c. 1549-1524 BC) defeated the Hyksos that had ruled part of ancient Egypt for more than a century, marking the the beginning of the New Kingdom.
The New Kingdom of Egypt reached the zenith of its power under Seti I (c. 1290-1279 BC) and Ramesses II, who campaigned vigorously against the Libyans and the Hittites.
Hittite king Muwatalli II (c. 1295-1272 BC) is best known for relocating the Hittite capital, which had been Hattusa, to Tarhuntassa, appointing his brother Hattusili III (c. 1267-1237 BC) as governor in Hattusa, and fighting Ramesses II in the Battle of Kadesh (c. 1274 BC).
Egypt’s third Intermediate Period (c. 1077-664 BC) began with the death of Pharaoh Ramesses XI (r. 1106-1077 BC) which ended the New Kingdom.
Amenmesse was succeeded by Siptah (c. 1197-1191 BC), who was then succeeded by Tausret (c. 1191-1189 BC).
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