Meritamen, also spelled Meritamun, Merytamen, Meryetamen (''mrỉỉ.t-ỉmn;'' “Beloved of

Amun Amun (; also ''Amon'', ''Ammon'', ''Amen''; egy, jmn, reconstructed as ( Old Egyptian and early Middle Egyptian) → (later Middle Egyptian) → ( Late Egyptian), cop, Ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ, Amoun) romanized: ʾmn) was a major ancient Egypt ...

”) is an ancient Egyptian female name. Its male counterpart is Meryamen or Meryamun. Its notable bearers are: * Ahmose-Meritamen, princess, probably a daughter of

Seqenenre Tao II Seqenenre Tao (also Seqenera Djehuty-aa or Sekenenra Taa, called 'the Brave') ruled over the last of the local kingdoms of the Theban region of Egypt in the Seventeenth Dynasty during the Second Intermediate Period. He probably was the son and ...

(17th dynasty) * Ahmose-Meritamen, queen, wife of

Amenhotep I Amenhotep I () ( egy, wikt:jmn-ḥtp, jmn-ḥtp(w) /jaˌmanuwˈħatpaw/ "Amun is satisfied"; Amarna cuneiform ''a-ma-an-ha-at-pe'' or ''-at-pa''), Amenôthes I, or Amenophis I, (,) from Ancient Greek Ἀμένωφις ,Dodson & Hilton (2004) p.12 ...

(18th dynasty) *

Meritamen Meritamen (also spelled ''Meritamun, Merytamen, Merytamun, Meryt-Amen''; ancient Egyptian: ''Beloved of Amun'') was a daughter and later Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Ramesses the Great. Family Meritamen was a daughter of Ramesses and one ...

C, princess and God's Wife, a daughter of

Thutmose III Thutmose III (variously also spelt Tuthmosis or Thothmes), sometimes called Thutmose the Great, was the sixth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. Officially, Thutmose III ruled Egypt for almost 54 years and his reign is usually dated from 28 ...

and

Merytre-Hatshepsut Queen Merytre-Hatshepsut (or sometimes Hatshepsut-Meryet-Ra) became the principal wife of Pharaoh Thutmose III after the death of Satiah. She was also the daughter of Adoratrix Huy and the mother of Amenhotep II. Family Merytre-Hatshepsut was o ...

(18th dynasty) *

D, princess, another daughter of Thutmose III and Merytre-Hatshepsut (18th dynasty) *

E, princess and queen, daughter of

Ramesses II Ramesses II ( egy, rꜥ-ms-sw ''Rīʿa-məsī-sū'', , meaning "Ra is the one who bore him"; ), commonly known as Ramesses the Great, was the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Along with Thutmose III he is often regarded a ...

and Nefertari (19th dynasty) *

F, a Singer of Amun (21st dynasty). Daughter of Menkheperre and Isetemkheb (C), and hence a granddaughter of

Pinudjem I Pinedjem (“the pleasant one”) was the name of two ancient Egyptian High Priests of Amun. * Pinedjem I * Pinedjem II, his grandson There was also a Fourth Prophet of Amun by this name, a son of Tjanefer and Gautseshen Gautseshen (her nam ...

. * Meritamen G, princess, owner of an Abydos stela dated to the 25th dynasty by style. It is unknown which pharaoh she was related to.Dodson & Hilton, 2004. p. 240 As a throne name: *

Twosret Twosret, also spelled ''Tawosret'' or ''Tausret'' (d. 1189 BC Conventional Egyptian chronology, conventional chronology) was the last known ruler and the final pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. She is recorded in Manetho's Epitome as ...

(Sitre Meritamen)

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