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Ramesses II

Egyptian third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty
Person human Q1523

Facts

38 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[37]
Date of birth
1303 BC
Date of death
1213 BC
Place of death
Pi-Ramesses
Country of citizenship
Ancient Egypt[32]
Occupation
statesperson, pharaoh
Position held
pharaoh, Saqqara king, Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt[34][35][36]
Father
Seti I[8]
Mother
Tuya[9]
Spouse
Nefertari, Isetnofret, Maathorneferure, Bintanath, Henutmire, Nebettawy, Merytre, Meritamen[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
Child
Merneptah, Ramesses, Meryatum, Khaemweset, Henuttawy, Ramesses-Meryamun-Nebweben, Meritamen, Bintanath, Nebettawy, Pareherwenemef, Meryamun, Amun-her-khepeshef, Baketmut, Henutmire, Bintanath, Horherouenemef, Takhat, Amenemopet, Merytre, Setepenre[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]
Sibling
Nebchasetnebet, Tia, Henutmire
Performer
Yul Brynner, Ralph Fiennes, Joel Edgerton[42][43][44]
Follows
Seti I[40]
Followed by
Merneptah[41]
Cause of death
atherosclerosis[45]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Egyptian language
Described by source
Dictionary of African Biography, New Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Saqqara Tablet, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, Africa: An Encyclopedic Reference, Pauly–Wissowa[50][51][52][53][54]
Family
Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt[38]
Floruit
1300 BC[49]
Given name
Ramesses[46]
Hair color
red hair
Height
+1.90
Show all 38 facts +14
Manner of death
natural causes[48]
Name in hiero markup
E1:D44-C10-mr, G20-V31-I6-t:O49-G45-f:Z7, D44-N25-t:Z2, ra-wsr-mAat-ra*stp:n-, i-mn:n:N36-ra:Z1-ms-s-sw, wsr-s-M4-M4-M4-O29:D44:Z2
Native language
Egyptian language[33]
Noble title
pharaoh[39]
Number of children
+156, +100
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
P14536
347583
P14541
1hsbgR
P14585
59182
P14608
118598171
Place of burial
Valley of the Kings, KV7[6][7]
Present in work
Civilization V, Exodus: Gods and Kings, The Prince of Egypt, The Ten Commandments, Os Dez Mandamentos, The Ten Commandments: The Movie
Significant event
Battle of Kadesh[47]
Time period
Egyptian Empire, Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt
🏷️ Also known as
en Ramesses the Great en Ramses en Ramses II en Ramses the Great en Ozymandias en Rameses en Ramesses II ar رمسيس الثاني cs Ramses Veliký cs Ramesse Veliký cs Ramses cs Ramesse II. da Ramses 2. de Ramses der Große de Ramses II. Usermaatre-Setepenre de Ramses II. el Ραμσής ο Μέγας el Οζυμάνδιος el Ραμέσης Β΄ el Ραμσής Β΄
🔖 Identifiers · 73
ISNI
000000008842369X
VIAF cluster ID
7363190, 25851094
Library of Congress authority ID
n50054443
GND ID
118598171
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Colossal bust of Ramesses II in the British Museum.jpg ↗
Alexander Turnbull Library ID
247453
Arabic Ontology lexical concept ID
151061180
BHCL UUID
798c77d3-e883-4597-8a7e-bf943fe2c1b1
BabelNet ID
00066108n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
11952902j
Biblissima authority ID
Wikidata item
British Museum person or institution ID
55529
Show all 73 identifiers +61
CANTIC ID
981058620214506706
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00563441
Comic Vine ID
4005-34059
DDB person (GND) ID
118598171
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118598171
Edvard Munch's correspondence person ID
1172
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
175230
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
30890
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Ramses-II-king-of-Egypt
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
ramses-ii
FAST ID
18045
FactGrid item ID
Ernst Kleinhempel
Find a Grave memorial ID
7260259
Freebase ID
/m/016fv9
GTAA ID
144644
Gaming Wiki Network article ID
medievil:Ramesses_II
Geni.com profile ID
6000000000351094247
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
ramses-ii
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0054240
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Ramses_2, Ramses_2.
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
3493398
Grove Art Online ID
T070669
IMDb ID
ch0006186
IdRef ID
027503658
Interlingual Index ID
i96664
IxTheo authority ID
079390552
Jewish Museum Berlin person ID
jmb-pers-545403
Joconde epoch ID
T93-381
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
118598171
Kallías ID
PE00205422
Larousse ID
personnage/wd/140296
Lex ID
Ramses_2.
Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID
05076/eu_r_0132/r0132
Museum-digital ID
182143, 258894
NDL Authority ID
00621345
NL CR AUT ID
jn20000720239
National Library of Greece ID
53533
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007266806605171
Notable Names Database ID
174/000162685
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3965999
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrt5XAzjOUWxy
PMB – Personen der Moderne Basis person ID
146782
Personality Database profile ID
40065
Pixiv Encyclopedia ID
ラムセス2世
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
121756
Prabook ID
1344127
Quora topic ID
Ramesses-II-1
SVKKL authority ID
p0093974-Ramesse-cinny-13-stoleti-pr-Kr
Sandrart.net person ID
4101
TV Tropes ID
UsefulNotes/RamsesII
Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae thesaurus ID
FCJURX24JZGXZEKP3TW36U3ZFA
Topic's main category
Category:Ramesses II
Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID
ramses-ii
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058620214506706
Vikidia article ID
fr:Ramsès_II
Wellcome Collection concept ID
k7fqane7
WikiKids ID
Ramses_II
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
11273238-n
World History Encyclopedia ID
Ramesses_II
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PCjvWkhGhDXXFCwgjRHQWH3, E39PCjtYfT8jmX7G8mKg94jhRC
Yale LUX ID
person/6b50986c-667f-456e-a1b5-f9d437209bd4

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🔗 Connections
Child 15
Merneptah, Bintanath, Meritamen, Khaemweset, Nebettawy, Amun-her-khepeshef, Henutmire, Takhat +7 more
Children (paternal) 14
Merneptah, Bintanath, Meritamen, Khaemweset, Nebettawy, Amun-her-khepeshef, Takhat, Ramesses +6 more
Spouse 8
Nefertari, Isetnofret, Bintanath, Meritamen, Nebettawy, Maathorneferure, Henutmire, Merytre
Spouses 8
Nefertari, Isetnofret, Bintanath, Meritamen, Nebettawy, Maathorneferure, Henutmire, Merytre
← Characters 6
The Prince of Egypt, The Ten Commandments, Exodus: Gods and Kings, Civilization V, The Bible, Moses
Present in work 5
The Prince of Egypt, The Ten Commandments, Exodus: Gods and Kings, Civilization V, Os Dez Mandamentos
Described by source 4
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Saqqara Tablet, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Pauly–Wissowa
Named after 2
Ozymandias, Ozymandias
Parent of 2
Seti I, Tuya
Place of burial 2
Valley of the Kings, KV7
Sibling 2
Henutmire, Tia
Siblings 2
Henutmire, Tia
Time period 2
Egyptian Empire, Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt
← Commissioned by 2
Abu Simbel, Luxor Obelisk
← Depicts 2
Statue of Ramesses II, Younger Memnon
Cause of death 1
atherosclerosis
Country of citizenship 1
Ancient Egypt
Family 1
Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt
Father 1
Seti I
Followed by 1
Merneptah
Follows 1
Seti I
Founded entities 1
Great Hypostyle Hall
Given name 1
Ramesses
Hair color 1
red hair
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Egyptian language
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Mother 1
Tuya
Native language 1
Egyptian language
Noble title 1
pharaoh
Occupation 1
statesperson
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Place of death 1
Pi-Ramesses
Position held 1
pharaoh
Sex or gender 1
male
Significant event 1
Battle of Kadesh
Topic's main category 1
Category:Ramesses II
← Allegiance 1
Khay
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Children of Ramesses II
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Ramesses II
← Interested in 1
Christian Jacq
← Notable role 1
Sérgio Marone
← Occupant 1
KV7
← Resistance in Belgium ID 1
Gottem
← SNARC ID 1
Moroni
← Signatory 1
Egyptian–Hittite peace treaty
← Significant person 1
The so-called “Turin King List”, with a list of kings written on the verso and an administrative text on the recto
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Summary

Ramesses II was born in 1303 BC[1]. He died in 1213 BC[2] in Pi-Ramesses[3]. He worked as a statesperson[4] and pharaoh[5].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Ramesses II include Ozymandias[55], a literary work[56], founded in 1817[57], written by Percy Bysshe Shelley[58].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Ramesses II include Ozymandias[55], a literary work[56], founded in 1817[57], written by Percy Bysshe Shelley[58].

FAQs

Where did Ramesses II die?

Ramesses II died in Pi-Ramesses[3].

Who were Ramesses II's parents?

Ramesses II's father was Seti I[8]. Ramesses II's mother was Tuya[9].

Who was Ramesses II married to?

Ramesses II's spouses include Nefertari[10], Isetnofret[11], Maathorneferure[12], and Bintanath[13].

What did Ramesses II do for work?

Ramesses II worked as a statesperson[4] and pharaoh[5].

Related Entities

Exodus: Gods and Kings Merneptah Moroni Nefertari Seti I The Ten Commandments

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  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Dictionary of African Biography. wikidata.org.
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  49. [49] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  1. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [56] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [57] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [58] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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